Chapter 28 - The Underground Vault
At midnight, Liam and Maya stood deep beneath Manhattan inside the subterranean vaults of the Federal Reserve Bank.
A senior federal official led them past massive steel vault doors guarded by armed Treasury agents.
They stopped before Vault 412, a small titanium safety deposit box set into the granite wall.
Liam inserted the silver key into the keyhole, turning it ninety degrees until a heavy mechanical latch clicked open.
Inside lay a set of classified satellite blueprints, two diplomatic passports, and an encrypted hard drive.
The drive was labeled: Project Aegis - Naval Defense Grid Blueprints.
"Your father hid the nation's most advanced defense control codes in this vault, Mr. Harrison," the official revealed.
"And Victor Vance wasn't trying to destroy your marriage... he was trying to extract these codes from you."
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Maya looked at Liam, realizing their entire ordeal had been orchestrated to force this vault open.
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