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Bucky immediately moved to her side, sitting next to her and wrapping an arm around her shoulders. He didn't say anything, just held her while she cried into his chest.Max watched the scene, his expression softening slightly. Trisha and Nathan exchanged a knowing look.“Give her a minute, Max,” Nathan advised quietly. “She needs to process this.”Max nodded, stepping back. “Trisha, update me on the Architect’s phone. Anything?”“The encryption is military grade, Max. It’s taking time. But I’ve traced the communication back to a network that’s been dormant for years. It was used by a high-level intelligence agency that was supposedly shut down.”“Intelligence?” Max muttered. “So, not just a gangster. This is bigger than we thought.”While Max and Trisha discussed the technical details, Bucky continued to comfort Sarai.“It’s okay, Sarai. Let it out,” Bucky murmured into her hair.Sarai pulled back, her eyes red and swollen. “I feel so stupid. I kept hoping, even after everything, that
Chapter 248
The armored SUV cut through the pre-dawn traffic with silent efficiency. Inside, the atmosphere was tight, filled with unspoken tension. Bucky drove, his hands steady on the wheel, his eyes constantly scanning the mirrors. Sarai sat in the passenger seat, clutching a small duffel bag, her gaze fixed on the passing city lights.“You okay back there?” Bucky asked, keeping his voice low.Sarai flinched slightly at the sound. “I’m fine. It Just… quiet. Where are we going? Max said a safe house, but this isn’t the usual route.”“Max changed the plan,” Bucky explained. “We’re heading to Sector 4. It’s an old warehouse complex. Nobody knows about the bunker there. It’s the safest place we have.”“Bunker,” Sarai repeated, a nervous laugh escaping her. “Sounds serious.”“It is serious,” Bucky admitted, glancing at her. “Your father… he pushed things too far. Max is taking no chances.”Sarai turned to face him fully. “Bucky, thank you. For coming to get me. I know Max is busy.”“Max gave the or
Chapter 247
“And she’s doing it because she knows what will happen to her if she failed us,” Bobby finished. “Keep your head straight, Tommy. We need to be angry at Max for sending his man. We need to demand compensation. We need to look like we failed, but we won.”Tommy nodded, his expression hardening. “Right. Let’s call the mayor. We need to start spinning this story now. We need to make sure Max knows we controlled the situation, even if his little dog got a lucky bite.”They walked toward their armored SUV, ready to leave the scene of their bloody victory.Just as Tommy reached for the door handle, a convoy of black, unmarked SUVs sped onto the pier access road, kicking up dust and debris. They weren't police. They weren't press. They were too organized, too quiet.“Hold up,” Bobby muttered, his hand going to the sidearm holstered at his hip.The lead SUV stopped twenty feet away. The doors opened simultaneously, and a dozen men in dark suits, all wearing earpieces, stepped out. They were p
Chapter 246
The air at Pier 18 tasted like copper and burnt rubber. The sun was just beginning to climb, casting long, sickly orange shadows over the wreckage. Tommy Becker stood amid the debris, wiping grime from his face with a blood-stained sleeve. His breathing was ragged, but his eyes held a satisfied, if weary, fire.“That’s it,” Tommy yelled, kicking a discarded rifle into a puddle. “Clear the last section! Anyone moving, shoot them. Anyone breathing, drag them out here.”Bobby, Tommy’s twin, emerged from the mouth of the cannery building, his movements slower, more methodical. He looked less like a warrior and more like a butcher surveying his work.“We swept the basement, Tommy. The foreman’s office, the utility tunnels. We got a Hundred and Twelve of theirs. We lost sixry good men.”“Sixty is a good trade for what they brought,” Tommy spat. “But where is Kim? And where is Lena?”Bobby shook his head. “Kim’s gone. The basement was a mess. Someone hit him hard. Found his pistol, but no bo
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“No, Max,” Lena whispered. “But he was terrified of them. He said they were coming tonight.”Max walked over to the window, his back to them. He stood there for a long moment, the silence broken only by the distant wail of a siren.“I underestimated him,” Max finally said, his voice heavy. “I thought Kim was focused on revenge. I thought he was trying to break me. He was trying to dismantle me, piece by piece, and sell the parts.”He turned back to Nathan, his expression now one of grudging respect.“You disobeyed every order. You risked the entire operation. But you brought back the intelligence that saved Sarai and possibly the family. And most importantly Lena. You have my gratitude, Nathan. And my apology.”“I did what I had to do, Max,” Nathan said simply.“I know,” Max sighed. “But understand this: your actions have consequences. The Beckers are now fully engaged. The police are mobilized. We have a war on our hands, and we have an unknown enemy, ‘The Architect,’ who knows where
Chapter 244
The safe house was a small, unassuming apartment above a closed laundromat on the edge of the city. It was clean, quiet, and insulated from the noise of the world. Elias and Cruz had secured the perimeter.Trisha immediately set to work. She had Nathan stripped to the waist, cleaning the deep graze on his shoulder. Lena sat on the edge of the bed, wrapped in a thick blanket, watching every move.“It needs stitches, Nathan,” Trisha stated, her voice flat and professional. “But we don’t have time for a clinic. I’ll use medical glue and butterfly strips. It’ll hold.”“Just make it fast,” Nathan winced as Trisha swabbed the wound with antiseptic.Lena reached out and gently stroked Nathan’s uninjured arm. “You shouldn’t have come. He was waiting for you.”“I had to, Lena,” Nathan replied, meeting her gaze. “He had you.”“He knew that would work,” Lena whispered, pulling the blanket tighter. “He kept saying it. ‘The Errand boy will break protocol for the girl.’ He knew you would risk every
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