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CHAPTER 843
"Lights are primed, Boss," Albert whispered from the Washington basement, fingers flying across the keys. "Team is inside. Mother is secure. We’re pulling out now."Svetlana pushed open the bridge door, the wind whistling through the gap. She didn't lead with a smile this time."Captain," she called out, her voice straining over the engine’s roar. "My mother wants the secondary registry code. She says the logbook is out of sync."Tedmond slowly turned the wheel, steering the Vasilisa directly into a massive, eight-foot wall of water. He didn't turn to face her."The code is 7-0-9," Tedmond rumbled, using a number ten years out of date.Svetlana’s face contorted. "That’s the old code. Kelvin would know the update.""Then it's a good thing I'm not Kelvin," Tedmond said.He spun the wheel hard to the left just as the ship hit the wave. The Vasilisa lurched violently, slamming the two guards against the bulkhead. In the chaos of the impact, Tedmond spun around, the suppressed barrel of
CHAPTER 842
Persis didn't waste a heartbeat.The moment the red light died, the docile Portia vanished. She lunged toward the heavy velvet drapes, a blur of emerald silk. She didn't head for the door; she targeted the structural weak point she had scouted during her restless pacing. Reaching into the thick lining of the curtains, she closed her fingers around a cold device she had liberated from the new wardrobe Tedmond had provided.It was a localized signal jammer, no larger than a coin. She pressed it against the recessed sensor in the crown molding, her heart hammering a rhythm of pure adrenaline.12:00:10."Tedmond," she whispered, her voice a clinical blade cutting through the silence. She tapped the microscopic bone-conduction mic behind her ear. "The loop is active. Primary and secondary sensors flagged. Tell me the maid is secure."Static hissed, followed by the deep vibration of her husband’s voice. "Ruby is in a cell, Scalpel. Thomas neutralized her after she tried to take his he
CHAPTER 841
Tedmond didn’t turn around. He kept his eyes locked on the dark horizon."The Atlantic doesn't care about your wine, Madam. We're hitting a cross-current. It’ll be choppy for the next few hours. I suggest you tell your guests to stay seated."Katerina stepped up beside him, her hand resting on the console dangerously close to his."I don't like choppy, Captain. I like control. And I’m waiting for a very important confirmation from the mainland." She checked her encrusted watch. "Ten minutes. If my bird doesn't chirp by then, I might have to find a new way to vent my frustrations. And I think Portia would make a very interesting target for a midnight swim, don't you?"Tedmond’s grip on the wheel reached a breaking point. He could feel the heat of his own rage radiating off his skin."I wouldn't recommend that," Tedmond said, his voice dropping into a register that made Katerina’s eyes flicker with a sudden, confused caution."Oh? And why is that, Captain?""Because," Tedmond said, f
CHAPTER 840
With a speed born of pure desperation, Ruby snatched the heavy silver vase and swung it with all her might at Thomas’s temple.She expected him to fumble, to stumble back like any man his age. She expected to burst through the door and lose herself in the mansion’s sprawling corridors before the guards could blink. The vase cut through the air with a lethal whistle.Thomas didn’t flinch. He didn’t even blink.In a movement so fluid it was nearly invisible, his hand shot up. He didn't block the blow; he caught it.The silver met his palm with a dull thud, the force of the swing absorbed into his arm without shifting his posture an inch.Ruby’s eyes widened. She tried to yank the vase back, but it was like trying to tug a mountain. Thomas’s fingers wrapped around the silver neck, his grip tightening until the expensive metal groaned and deformed under his strength."The problem with working in a house like this, Ruby," Thomas said, his voice terrifyingly calm as he rose to tower ove
CHAPTER 839
Tedmond’s breath hitched over the line.From the bridge of the Vasilisa, he stared out at the dark ocean, his eyes fixed on Persis’s distant balcony. "She’s scared, Thomas. The Sokolovs are threatening her family. If you break her too hard, she’ll bolt or tip them off that the house is hot.""I won't break her, sir," Thomas promised, his voice low and steady. "I'll offer an alternative. The Washingtons pay better than the Sokolovs, and we protect our own. Let me try to turn her.""Fine," Tedmond finally grunted. "But do it off-comms. No record. If she doesn't flip in five minutes, put her in the sub-level holding cell. I’ll deal with her when I get back.""Understood."Thomas ended the call and tucked the phone away. He straightened his suit jacket and walked out of the study, his expression unreadable. He made his way to the third floor, moving with the quiet authority that made the staff stand a little straighter as he passed. He found Ruby in the East Gallery.She looked exactly
CHAPTER 838
"A few years ago," Svetlana said, her tone flattening, "we had an incident. An insider, someone we trusted as family, stole a set of encryption keys from this very suite.”She paused, her gaze sweeping the room. “It nearly broke our hold on the Baltic ports. It was a betrayal that changed our protocols forever. Since then, no one is above the lens. Not even you."Persis rolled her eyes, though her mind was already racing. "So, because someone had sticky fingers years ago, I have to forfeit my privacy? That’s ridiculous. We're on a ship in the middle of the ocean, Svetlana. Where exactly am I going to take anything?""You'd be surprised what people attempt when they think no one is watching," Svetlana replied, her eyes narrowing. "The cameras stay. If you’re truly one of us, you have nothing to hide.”A flicker of suspicion crossed her face. “Wash up, change into the gown we laid out, and join us for tea on the deck in an hour. And Persis? Don't try to cover them. It triggers a sile
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