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Selene: The Delivery Agent
Three days after the tribunal hearings, Desmond finally allowed himself to step away from cartel matters.The bunker was stable again, convoy operations had resumed across multiple sectors, the restructuring process was already underway, and for the first time in weeks there wasn't an urgent crisis waiting for him the moment he opened his eyes.Even Ezra noticed the difference."You actually look like you've slept"Desmond glanced up from his breakfast, "I slept"" Hmm, just once", Ezra's mocking tone was obvious."I always sleep", Desmond defended, but Ezra wasn't having it.Ezra snorted, "Four hours isn't sleeping"Desmond ignored him and continued eating. After a brief silence, he pushed the plate away and stood up."I'm going to the laboratory"Ezra nodded immediately, "Good"" Dr Paige has probably prepared a speech about abandoning my responsibilities.""Probably? She knew about the Cartel saga"Desmond rolled his eyes in an accusing manner:" Why did you inform her about that?
The Humanitarians Debate
The hidden corridor ended inside another underground operations bunker nearly forty minutes later. The difference between this room and the Cartel Court was obvious immediately. The polished confidence of the council members was gone.Some men still had dust on their shoulders from the collapse underground. One coordinator was arguing into a satellite phone while another kept switching nervously between convoy reports and financial alerts.Scorpion walked toward the operations table.“Give me the situation report, what’s happening?”An analyst answered quickly:“Romania distribution slowed again after footage from the attack leaked online. Liberia’s becoming unstable near the medical depots. We also lost contact with two escort teams near the Algerian corridor.”Ezra frowned, “Lost contact, in what way?”“No response from either convoy for almost an hour.”Ezra muttered under his breath, “Which usually means somebody’s already dead.”Desmond removed the torn jacket from his shoulders
No Loose Ends
The first council member to break was an older man seated near the far edge of the chamber.“That’s impossible,” he snapped, half-rising from his chair. “Nobody breaches this facility.”Across the table, Vincent barely looked at him.“They already have”Almost immediately, the underground chamber went black.Not dim nor flickering, there was absolute darkness.A sharp chorus of reactions exploded around the room; chairs scraping backward, safety catches releasing, hurried curses swallowed by panic. Metal clicked from every direction as weapons came out instinctively.For several unbearable seconds, nobody could see anything. And in a room filled with armed people, blindness was worse than gunfire.Desmond stayed still, listening and breathing. Somewhere nearby, he heard Vincent inhale shakily.He didn't sound surprised, but was terrified.That detail unsettled Desmond more than the blackout itself.Scorpion was the first to recover. He crossed toward the tactical terminal through memo
The Bigger Enemy
Nobody spoke after Vincent finished.Blood crept slowly across the marble beneath him while Scorpion kept one hand pressed against his wounded shoulder, holding him down hard enough to stop him from trying anything stupid.“You think Liam Andrew built this empire,” Vincent said between breaths. “But somebody else built the thing underneath it.”The Cartel Court stayed quiet after that.Even the guards near the entrances looked unsettled now. A few minutes earlier, everybody in the room still seemed certain they understood who the enemy was. That certainty was starting to crack.Ezra stepped forward first:“Who?” he asked.Vincent let out a tired laugh, then winced immediately afterward.“You’re still looking at the wrong level.”Scorpion pressed harder against the wound. Vincent sucked in air sharply through his teeth.“Then explain it properly,” Scorpion said.Vincent didn’t answer right away. He stared down at the floor for a few seconds like he was deciding how much talking was sti
The Cartel Court 2
The word hit the room like a gunshot. Nobody spoke afterward, nor moved. Even the council members looked stunned now.Ezra’s face darkened instantly with visible fury.“What!”Moreno lowered his head briefly:“Transit containers” “Unregistered” “No documentation”Desmond felt something cold settle heavily inside his chest: Jane Archer didn’t disappear because of ordinary smuggling.She discovered human trafficking operating through cartel infrastructure.And somehow, Liam’s empire had been used without his knowledge.Nobody inside the Cartel Court spoke for several long seconds after Moreno’s confession. The silence felt different now. It felt heavier and ugly.Ezra looked ready to put a bullet through Moreno immediately.“You’re telling me”, he said slowly, dangerously, “children were moved through our harbor routes?”Moreno didn’t answer immediately, that hesitation alone was enough evidence.Ezra stepped forward instantly, rage finally breaking through his control, but Scorpion blo
The Cartel Court 1
Nobody spoke again after Desmond’s final instruction.“We follow quietly. No engagement unless absolutely necessary”Scorpion nodded once before turning toward the tactical terminal immediately. Ezra grabbed his weapon from the side compartment while Ghost Team tracking feeds expanded across multiple monitors.Moreno’s vehicle continued moving steadily toward the harbor district.Desmond watched the blinking signal silently.“Warehouse Seventeen”, everything kept leading back there.*********Nearly one hour later, three black vehicles entered the underground access tunnel beneath the industrial harbor.The convoy passed through multiple armed checkpoints before finally stopping beside a reinforced steel security gate hidden beneath an abandoned shipping warehouse.Desmond stepped out first. The place was different from Liam’s penthouse, it was made with only concrete walls, armed guards and silence.This was the real heart of Liam Andrew’s empire.Scorpion walked beside him calmly wh
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