Chapter 5 - Into the Lion's DenRain hammered the Newark docks.
Sarah sat beside Dr. Ashford in a black sedan.
She wore a nurse's uniform and carried a medical case.
Ashford looked terrified.
"Remember," Sarah whispered. "You tell Moretti exactly what he expects to hear."
The warehouse gates opened.
Inside waited armed men.
They were escorted toward a glass office overlooking the massive industrial floor.
Victor Moretti stood behind a mahogany desk.
Gray hair.
Cold eyes.
A smile without warmth.
And in the corner—
Clara.
Bound to a chair.
Sarah's heart tightened.
Victor approached.
"Doctor. You have news?"
Ashford swallowed.
"The boys are dying."
Victor smiled.
"Excellent."
He picked up the encrypted drive.
"Then Nathan Coleman will soon be finished."
Victor turned toward Clara.
"You've served your purpose."
He drew a pistol.
Sarah moved.
She slammed her medical case into a guard's face.
Everything exploded into chaos.
Clara screamed.
Sarah seized the moment.
She fought with precision rather than rage.
A weapon clattered across the floor.
Victor turned toward her.
"You—"
Sarah drove him backward against the desk.
Then the warehouse doors exploded open.
Coleman tactical vehicles stormed inside.
Nathan stepped from the lead vehicle.
His eyes found Sarah.
Then Clara.
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Then Victor.
For the first time that night, Victor Moretti looked afraid.
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