A warm fire crackled softly inside the stone fireplace of the living room. Outside the wide glass doors, the cold evening wind moved through the garden, rustling the snowy pine trees.Inside the quiet house, soft golden light fell across the polished oak floor. A large wool rug covered the center of

The tall gates of the Eleanor Sanders Memorial Research Pavilion stood open beneath the pale blue winter sky.Suddenly, three heavy transport vans painted flat black screeched around the corner. Fifty armed men jumped out into the street, wearing dark tactical vests and carrying wooden batons and lo

The entrance to the Eleanor Sanders Memorial Research Pavilion was blocked by chains. Behind the locked gates, six large green trucks from Miretti Logistics sat trapped with fresh crates of medicine.Outside the barriers, hundreds of local citizens and hospital nurses stood shivering in the frost. T

Senator Gregory Sterling stood alone on the front bumper of the black van, watching his fifty guards disappear into the trees. His mouth hung open as he struggled to breathe, each hot breath fogging in the cold morning air."Come back here, you cowardly dogs!" Sterling screamed. "I gave you my money

Two armed marshals held Gregory Sterling firmly, his designer suit torn and dirty from the road.His gray trousers were soaked with street mud, and his silk tie hung crooked around his neck. The senator who had once ruled from the highest towers of the capital now looked beaten and exhausted.Chief