curved monitors illumin
er fingers flew across the mechanical keyboard,
enter screen as she attempted to breach
the scre
akers. A massive, gold "V" emblem materialized in
ing. Her fingers hovered ove
of black coffee. He stopped behind her chai
iffened. "Vaug
" Devonte explained, his eyes scanning the secondary monitor. "Intelligence suggests the target vehicle in the crash was carrying a highly classified data chip intended for a Vaughan Group competitor
r her weight. She reached into her pocket, pulled out a
clicking against her teeth. "Someone powerful wan
ing to find a backdoor. The screen
jaw tightening. "It's physically air-gapped. I nee
He reached over and tapped a fe
creen, accompanied by a photograph of Fidel Vaugha
from severe, chronic trigeminal neuralgia and insomnia. He has been searching globally for
at Fidel's fac
cold, calculated pla
ctor," Eleanor
nd walked across the penthous
ss faucet. Ice-cold water r
ing water, and splashed it directly onto he
pumped it into her palms. She rubbed her hands togeth
ion, and the dark lipstick melted away, swir
n white towel and
the mirror, the got
Her skin was flawless and pale, her cheekbones sha
proached a biometric wall panel. She
revealing a high-tec
ilored black tactical trench coat from the rack and slipped
hin, sterile medical gloves. She snapped them onto h
opened a temperature-
d it by the handle. It was heavy, packed with custo
e was
o the private un
modified, matte-black Aston Martin. The eng
slid into the low bucket seat. She re
Vaughan's convoy just left the Vaughan Tower. T
raight ahead throu
t," she c
n Martin shot out of the garage like a bull
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