Chapter 23 - The Unseen Shadow
On a snowy evening in December, Arthur noticed a suspicious black SUV parked near the perimeter gates of Aspen.
The vehicle had no license plates, and its windows were coated in thick, military-grade dark tint.
When Arthur approached the vehicle alongside two security guards, the SUV reversed rapidly and sped down the mountain road.
Arthur pulled out his tablet, reviewing security footage captured by the compound's high-definition infrared cameras.
The thermal scanner picked up a sophisticated satellite communication dish mounted inside the vehicle's roof rack.
"They weren't local paparazzi, Catherine," Arthur reported inside the study. "That was professional signal intelligence."
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Catherine looked out the floor-to-ceiling glass windows at the swirling blizzard outside, her jaw setting firmly.
"Someone else is hunting for Chloe's Swiss inheritance," Catherine murmured, gripping her coffee cup tightly.
