Chapter 31 - Receiving an anonymous encrypted satellite phone call that delivers a chilling voice warning from an international waters vessel tonight.
Late that night, while the rest of the mansion slept in absolute tranquility, a red light blinked silently on Daniel's desk in the study.
An encrypted military satellite phone, kept in a steel drawer for emergency communications, began to vibrate with an unknown frequency.
Daniel walked into the dimly lit room, his eyes narrowing as he picked up the receiver and pressed it against his ear without speaking.
A cold, gravelly voice cut through the static, speaking with a heavy Eastern European accent that Daniel recognized instantly from years ago.
"Sergeant Vance... you put my lieutenants in prison and took my shipping lines," the voice whispered chillingly across the satellite line.
"Victor Rostov..." Daniel said, his tone dropping into an immediate, dangerous combat register as his knuckles turned white on the receiver.
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"I am standing on the deck of my yacht, watching a red laser point directly at your master bedroom window right now, Daniel," Rostov whispered.
Daniel spun toward the window, his heart hammering in his chest as a tiny red dot illuminated the glass pane right beside his head.
