Chapter 18 - THE DOOR BENEATH THE MOUNTAINThe photograph matched a restricted installation near Raven Rock.
Vale's warning returned immediately.
Don't trust the person who helps you.
I assembled a tiny team.
Hayes.
Two federal investigators.
One intelligence analyst named Rebecca Sloan.
We entered the facility under judicial authority.
Most rooms were empty.
Computers removed.
Files burned.
Someone had evacuated days earlier.
Then Hayes discovered an elevator.
No official blueprint showed it.
We descended.
Two hundred feet.
The doors opened.
A hidden operations center stretched before us.
Dark monitors.
Empty desks.
Maps covering entire walls.
Photographs.
Names.
Operations.
Harbor hadn't been merely stealing money.
It had been collecting leverage.
Judges.
Military officers.
Executives.
Politicians.
Journalists.
Thousands of files.
Rebecca whispered:
“My God.”
Then every monitor switched on simultaneously.
One message appeared.
WELCOME, GENERAL VANCE.
I reached for my weapon.
May you like
Too late.
The elevator doors closed behind us.
