Chapter 12 - THE DEEPSTATE FILE
Clara clicked play on the video file as the speedboat surged toward the Manhattan skyline.
Elena's bruised face appeared on the small screen, backgrounded by a dark concrete room.
"Clara, if you are watching this, I am likely dead," Elena’s recorded voice spoke softly.
"The Montgomery trust fund isn't just money... it contains government defense patents your father created thirty years ago."
Clara gasped, holding the phone closer to her ear.
"Charles Sterling and his son William are selling those patents to a foreign military syndicate," Elena revealed.
"Victoria was hired to marriage-trap William into the estate, but when you got pregnant, you became a threat to the transfer."
The video flickered with static before Elena delivered her final message.
"The master key isn't in the library... it's encoded inside the birth certificate of your unborn child."
Clara stared at the screen in complete shock as the video cut to static.
"Reese!" Clara called out. "My baby isn't just an heir... my baby is the encryption key!"
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Reese looked back at her, his face turning pale under the boat's dashboard lights.
Before he could answer, a massive black chopper descended from the clouds directly above their boat.
