Chapter 17
The digital clock on the bedside table flipped silently to midnight, marking another flawless rotation of the earth. In the secure server room downstairs, the federal monitoring system blinked its steady green light in total silence.
Christian and Chloe slept peacefully in their master suite, their breathing calm, measured, and completely undisturbed. Outside, the American flag fluttered gently against the starlit sky, guarding their private sanctuary like a sentinel.
A tiny notification LED began to blink softly on the encrypted terminal sitting on Christian's private study desk. It was an incoming transmission from an unknown secure satellite frequency requesting diplomatic advisory clearance.
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The screen flickered to life, displaying a cryptic string of coordinates across an international financial intelligence summit. The game of global oversight was eternal, the stakes were high, and the brilliant strategist was wide awake.
He would review the briefing at sunrise, because an apex predator never rests when his empire requires protection.
