Chapter 21 - A Sinister New Warning Flashes Across Her Screen
Later that afternoon, as the coastal breeze picked up outside, Victoria walked inside to set her baby down for a nap.
She picked up her personal smartphone from the kitchen counter to check her messages before the evening settled in.
Suddenly, the screen blinked violently, overriding her custom security encryption with an unauthorized foreign broadcast signal.
A high-resolution satellite image appeared on the display, showing the coastal perimeter of her private Maine residence.
Superimposed across the live video feed was a string of cold, calculated digits and a single chilling text message:
“You liquidated the Vance family, Victoria... but you missed the syndicate holding the master key to your father’s original startup.”
Before she could tap the screen to activate the emergency lockdown protocol, the house lights flickered and died.
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The ocean view plunged into total darkness as a distant engine hum echoed softly from down the private gravel road:
The war was far from over.
