Page 259 of Scars of Fate

He tapped his wrist twice and opened his hand.

A warning signal Ghost immediately recognized.

“Containment countdown,” Ghost said.

He looked at Demir.

“How long?”

The real colonel answered in Turkish.

The false officer struck him.

Ghost translated.

“Nineteen minutes.”

“Until what?” Adam asked.

“The containment modules open.”

The hum from the units changed.

Deepened.

A red light appeared on the first.

Then the second.

The third.

The fourth.

The false colonel backed toward the hangar door.

His men moved with him.

They weren’t taking us to Geneva.

They were leaving.

Lucas understood at the same moment I did.

“The servers were bait.”

“And this airfield is the kill site,” Ghost said.

The false colonel smiled.

“General Kane sends more than his regards.”

He removed a small black remote from his belt and pressed the button.

Metal shutters crashed over every door and window.

The Meridian soldiers slipped outside.

Locks engaged behind them.