Chapter 13 - THE SECRET OF THE FALCON
Evelyn’s hands shook as she picked up the black envelope, stepping into the private security corridor where Marcus was standing guard.
"Marcus, lock down the green room immediately!" Evelyn ordered, her voice trembling with sudden dread. "Someone from the original network just approached me!"
Marcus instantly drew his weapon, signaling the peripheral security detail to secure all public exits. Within seconds, Julian rushed into the corridor, sensing the sudden panic in the air.
"Evelyn, what happened?" Julian asked, putting his arms around her trembling shoulders.
Evelyn broke the red wax seal, pulling out a heavy piece of parchment parchment written in elegant fountain pen ink. The letter contained a photograph taken just ten minutes earlier—a high-resolution image of Lily playing in the hotel's private garden with her nanny.
Across the back of the photograph, a short message was written in bold black ink:
"Senator Sterling was merely a foot soldier. The real debt for your father’s shipping empire belongs to the Falcon Syndicate in Zurich. Hand over the master keys by midnight, or the little girl goes back into the dark."
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Julian took the photo, his jaw tightening so hard his teeth groaned under the pressure. His dark eyes burned with an icy, lethal fury that terrified even the surrounding security guards.
"They think they can threaten my daughter twice?" Julian growled, pulling out his encrypted phone. "Marcus, activate Protocol Omega. We are going on the offensive."
