Chapter 10
I looked down at the leather bag in my hand, then out at the black, churning waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
“My father abandoned me to a snake pit for ten years,” I said, my voice dropping into absolute ice.
“He let his nephew treat me like trash, and he let your daughter put a chain around my neck.”
“If my father wants this ledger, Senator… he can come down to the ocean floor to get it.”
Before Sterling’s guards could react, I swung my arm back and threw the leather bag far into the sea.
The heavy bag splashed into the dark waves fifty yards from the pier, sinking instantly toward the ocean floor.
“You stupid girl!” Senator Sterling roared, his calm facade shattering into pure rage.
“Seize her!”
Marcus fired twice into the deck of the boat, forcing the guards to dive for cover behind the wooden cabin.
He grabbed my arm, pulling me back toward the safety of the concrete marina wall.
“Run, Amelia!” Marcus yelled as gunfire shattered the night air behind us.
We sprinted through the rain-soaked parking lot behind Pier 9, weaving between parked luxury vehicles.
A sleek black sedan with tinted windows pulled up to the curb ahead of us, its rear door sliding open automatically.
“Get in!” a sharp female voice shouted from inside the vehicle.
I looked inside the car and froze.
Sitting on the leather rear seat, wearing a tailored navy suit and holding an encrypted tablet, was my sister.
Charlotte.
The sister who had supposedly died alongside my father ten years ago.
“Charlotte?” I gasped, standing paralyzed in the rain.
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“We don't have time for a family reunion, Amelia!” Charlotte yelled, pointing at the oncoming guards.
“Get inside the car before Sterling’s men put a bullet in your head!”
