Chapter 14 - Margaret Betrays The Entire Sterling Estate For Pure Greed
Before the mercenaries could smash through the secret bookcase, a loud, familiar voice echoed from the main hallway. "Stop! Don't shoot! I know where the data drives are!" Margaret's hysterical voice shrieked through the smoke.
Daniel froze, lowering his weapon an inch as he recognized the traitorous housekeeper's voice. "Margaret cut a deal with Victor," Daniel realized bitterly, shaking his head in sheer disgust. "She traded us to save her own skin."
"Open this bookcase right now, or I'll tell them you're hiding in the panic room!" Margaret screamed, pounding her fists against the wood. Emily stepped forward, her face hardening into an expression of absolute ice.
She pressed a small brass button on the wall panel, causing the secret bookcase to slide open a few inches. Margaret stood on the other side, her face flushed and twisted with desperate greed, flanked by two masked mercenaries.
"Hand over the box, Emily, or the old woman gets a bullet in her spine," the lead mercenary growled, pressing a pistol against Margaret's trembling neck. Margaret whimpered in terror, realizing too late that she was just a disposable pawn.
"You foolish old woman," Emily whispered coldly, looking through the narrow gap at Margaret's terrified face. "Victor doesn't leave loose ends." Before the mercenary could react, Emily pressed a second button on the concealed control console.
A high-frequency sonic security alarm erupted inside the library, emitting a deafening, piercing shriek that shattered every glass display case. The mercenaries dropped their weapons, clutching their ears in blinding agony as the sonic frequency scrambled their equilibrium.
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Agent Vance didn't hesitate, diving out from the hidden room and subduing the lead mercenary with a swift, brutal strike. Daniel followed instantly, tackling the second gunman to the polished hardwood floor and cuffing him securely.
Margaret collapsed onto her knees, sobbing hysterically while clutching her ringing ears in total shock. "Take her away with the others," Agent Vance ordered arriving backup officers who swarmed through the shattered front doors.
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