Chapter 8 - The Hostage Protocol
The air in the underground bunker became thick and absolutely suffocating.
Cole gripped the edge of the metal table so hard his knuckles turned completely white.
Nobody in the entire world was supposed to know about the existence of his little girl.
He had hidden her in a fortified boarding school in Switzerland to protect her from this exact nightmare.
Grant laughed cruelly, explaining that he had intercepted the child's transport plane three hours ago.
He gave Cole exactly one hour to surrender the entire Mercer empire and walk into a trap alone.
If Cole failed to appear, the little girl would not live to see the sunrise.
The video feed abruptly cut to black, leaving a terrifying silence in the bunker.
Cole grabbed his weapon, blindly preparing to march into Grant's trap just to save his daughter's life.
Eleanor stepped forcefully into his path, blocking the heavy iron exit door.
She firmly told him that walking in alone was a guaranteed suicide mission that would save absolutely no one.
She pulled up the GPS coordinates Grant had secretly embedded in the video transmission.
The signal traced back to an abandoned shipping yard sitting quietly on the edge of the dark harbor.
Eleanor looked her mother directly in the eye and requested the activation of the Reaper protocol.
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The Architect smiled a terrifying smile and tossed Eleanor a set of keys to a heavily armored assault vehicle.
Eleanor turned to Cole and promised him they would paint the shipping yard completely red.
