Page 283 of Scars of Fate

“No?”

“No.” I looked into her emerald eyes. “But I’m beginning to trust second chances.”

A warning replaced the confirmation.

TRANSFER INTERRUPTED.

ACCOUNT FROZEN BY EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY.

Wynn’s smile vanished.

“Who has executive authority?”

“Only the managing director.”

“Elise is the account attorney,” Ghost said. “And the managing director was taken with the other bank employees.”

The screen changed.

A live video appeared.

Elise sat inside the Geneva vault.

Camille knelt beside her.

An armed man stood behind them, his face concealed by a black mask.

A compact metal case rested on the vault floor.

Small enough to have been carried inside by one person.

A second window opened beside the first.

Evan Minser appeared on the screen.

The vibration behind him and the low roar of engines revealed the interior of an aircraft.

He wasn’t inside the bank.

He didn’t need to be.

His operatives had already seized it for him.

Minser smiled into the camera.

“You’re late.”

Wynn moved closer to the screen.

“How did your men get inside?”

“Elise was very helpful.”

Elise shook her head desperately.

The masked operative pressed a gun against Camille’s neck.

Minser’s gaze shifted to me.