Page 219 of Broken Oath

“Someone moved Wade and destroyed the trail behind him.”

“Yes.”

A notification appeared.

Fathom froze.

Everyone groaned.

He ignored them.

“What now?” Rook asked.

“A recently decrypted communication.”

The message carried a timestamp.

Two weeks old.

Current.

Fathom opened it.

One sentence appeared.

TRANSFER SUBJECT W-PARKER PRIOR TO EXTRACTION EVENT

Sarah stared at the words.

“What extraction event?”

“I don’t know.”

“Who sent the message?”

“Warden command.”

“To whom?”

“Black Site Theta.”

Rook moved closer.

“An extraction by which side?”

“That isn’t specified.”

The word could mean rescue.

It could also mean removal.

Or execution disguised beneath cleaner language.

“When is the event?” Rook asked.

Fathom opened the metadata.

A countdown code appeared.