CHAPTER 3 — THE MAN WHO NEVER DIED
Forty-eight hours later...
The entire financial world exploded.
Television stations interrupted regular programming.
"HARLAN GROUP UNDER FEDERAL INVESTIGATION."
Stock prices crashed.
Banks froze every corporate account.
Government agents raided headquarters.
Victor watched the news from his office, unable to understand what was happening.
Then the conference room doors opened.
An elderly man walked inside.
Victor dropped his coffee.
"No..."
"It can't be."
The man smiled.
"Miss me?"
Daniel Ross.
His chief accountant.
Officially dead for seven years.
Victor himself had paid for the funeral.
"You..."
"I watched you celebrate my death."
Daniel placed dozens of ledgers on the table.
"I also watched you steal billions."
Victor lunged toward him.
FBI agents entered first.
"Victor Harlan."
"You're under arrest."
Handcuffs clicked.
Marissa fainted.
Outside the building...
Thousands of employees watched their billionaire boss leave in chains.
And Elena...
Watched everything live from her hospital room.
But Adrian was nowhere to be found.
He had vanished.
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Taking one thing with him.
Vault Seventeen.
