Chapter 21
The figure stepped slowly into the soft light of the study.
It was Jackson, holding a suppressed tactical handgun pointed directly at Carter's chest.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Sterling," Jackson said quietly, his voice completely void of emotion.
"I was on General Sterling's payroll long before you hired me six years ago."
Carter didn't flinch; his posture remained deadly calm as he stared at his head of security.
"My uncle Reginald..." Carter whispered, the final piece of the terrifying puzzle locking into place.
"Reginald controls the entire syndicate," Jackson confirmed coldly.
"He authorized your wife's fake death, he sent Victoria into your house, and he used you to eliminate Harrison Cole so he could absorb Vanguard Capital."
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"And now, you've served your purpose, Carter."
"Where is my daughter, Jackson?" Carter asked, his voice dropping into a sub-zero whisper that made Jackson's trigger finger tremble.
