Chapter 19 - The New Assignment
It was a cold November afternoon when a sealed black package arrived at Elena’s private desk in Washington D.C.
The package bore no return address, only an official diplomatic seal from the United States Embassy in London.
Elena opened the package, finding a single encrypted thumb drive alongside a silver zippo lighter.
Engraved on the silver lighter were the initials: M.V. — Marcus Vance.
She inserted the thumb drive into her secure terminal, watching a ten-second video clip load onto her screen.
The video showed a high-tech facility hidden inside a snow-covered mountain range in Anchorage, Alaska.
Standing inside the facility was a man whose face was obscured by shadows, holding a file labeled: PROJECT GHOST SWEEP.
A smooth, educated voice spoke over the video recording:
"Agent Vance, you destroyed our political arm in Washington, but our operational arm remains completely intact."
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"If you want to know what happened to your mother's disappearance in 2004, come to Sector Seven in Alaska."
"Come alone... or the real files will be burned forever."
