Chapter 12 - The Warning on the GateBefore Elena could process the terrifying weight of Dominic’s words, a sharp, urgent alarm chimed across the estate’s master security console.
Bruno Hayes burst through the study doors, his tactical vest half-zipped, his expression carved from stone. "Boss! We have movement at the perimeter gates. Not an attack—a delivery."
Dominic stood up instantly, his hand resting on his sidearm. "What kind of delivery?"
Ten minutes later, standing in the subterranean security office, Dominic and Bruno reviewed the outer gate camera feeds. A black unmarked town car had pulled up to the main iron gates. A masked courier had stepped out, left a small lead-lined package on the stone pillar, and vanished before the automated security drones could track the vehicle's license plates.
May you like
Bruno unlatched the heavy lead box on the stainless-steel examination table, lifting the lid with a pair of insulated tongs.
Inside sat a pristine silver music box playing a haunting, familiar childhood lullaby—and beneath it rested a data drive labeled with a single word: Atonement.
