Page 145 of Scars of Fate

The chief security officer.

A systems engineer.

And the bank’s managing director.

“They’re taking everyone who can help them reach the box,” Russ said.

“Or killing them,” Boone added.

I looked toward the mountains beneath us.

“What is inside that file?”

“You tell us,” Lucas said.

“I only saw part of it.”

“The financial transactions.”

“Yes.”

“What else?”

“Several directories were encrypted.”

“Names?”

“Orion. Janus. Aegis. And one called Fate.”

The cabin went silent.

Lucas looked at me.

“Fate?”

“Yes.”

“What was inside it?”

“I couldn’t open it.”

Hawk’s fingers stopped moving over the keyboard.

“Could Fate be an operation?”

“Or a person,” Adam said.

I shook my head.

“I don’t know.”

The helicopter banked sharply.

Warning lights flashed inside the cabin.

The pilot’s voice came over our headsets.

“Unidentified aircraft approaching from the east.”