Chapter 10 - THE CELLAR SIEGE
The heavy thudding of footsteps stopped directly above the wine cellar door.
"Clara!" William’s voice echoed through the ceiling ventilation grate. "Open the door and hand over the flash drive, and nobody gets hurt!"
"I don't have the flash drive, William!" Clara called back, her voice firm despite her pounding heart.
"Elena hid it before my men secured her," William laughed darkly. "I know it's in this house."
Clara looked at Reese, who was inspecting an old freight elevator in the corner of the cellar.
"This elevator leads to the sea cave beneath the cliffs," Reese whispered, prying open the iron gate with a crowbar.
"Is it operational?" Clara asked, stepping into the dusty elevator cage.
"Only one way to find out," Reese said, pulling the manual lever down with all his strength.
The rusted gears groaned loudly as the platform began descending into the dark shaft below.
Above them, explosive breach charges detonated against the steel cellar door with a deafening roar.
Fire and smoke billowed down the shaft as the steel door was blown off its hinges.
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"They're coming down!" Reese yelled, pointing his gun up into the dark shaft opening.
The elevator slammed into the damp stone floor of the sea cave below, surrounded by the roaring ocean tide.
