dred miles per hour, its tires cutting through deep puddles as Elena
ged. Blood soaked through the leather seat beneath him, a
f her client bled to death before reaching Manhattan, collec
her right hand and pulled out a small needle case. Inside were a few ordinary needles, but the moment her fingers touched them, the needl
umb and drew out two three-inch titan
a second, Elena flicked her wrist. The two needles flashed through the dim cabin and sank
nstantly, slowing to a tiny trickle as the needles stimulated
warmth spread from the needle sites through his freezing ch
e driver's seat, his dark eyes narrowing in shock. Even the top military surgeons und
ed to a stop outside Stephens Estate-a hundred-acre fortress
rpieces rushed out of the guardhouse, raising t
"Lower your weapons and open the gate,"
He immediately barked into his collar radio, "It's Mr. Stephens!
, drove up the long driveway, and parked right bes
ctors in white coats rushed down the steps pushing a stretc
traitors on the board hired foreign mercenaries tonight
er and stepped out of the SUV on his own two feet. His dark eyes
top floor," Gideon commanded. "No one go
her hands into her pockets, and walked up the sto
iously at the soaked teenage gir
hundred million dollars from my Swiss offshore account to
gh-security encrypted tablet, and typed rapidly as
zzed once. She glanced at the screen confirming the two-hundred-mill
s won't bleed out tonight," El
of irritation in his chest. He took a long step forward, closing the distance between t
e side of her neck. "Two hundred million is just the cab fare. The St
expressionless. "Trying to add strings to a cash
rose halfway toward her wet shoulder before he stopped
o his bandaged ribs and spoke coldly to Franklin. "Activate the global dark web intellig
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