Page 284 of Scars of Fate

“Kane’s men are bringing me the encryption key. Unfortunately, the bank still requires both account holders before it will release the box.”

He wanted us alive for the same reason the false colonel had.

Wynn and I were the only people who could open the vault.

“What do you want?” I asked.

“You and Wynn in Geneva.”

“And if we don’t come?”

“Then Geneva discovers what Project Fate has planned for its first European city.”

The vault camera shifted toward the compact case.

It had nothing to do with the encrypted drive inside Wynn’s safety-deposit box.

It was a portable dispersal unit Minser’s operatives had carried inside after seizing the bank.

A red clock glowed across its surface.

05:59:48.

05:59:47.

05:59:46.

Minser looked directly at Wynn.

“Fate is waiting.”

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The clock on the screen continued counting down.

05:58:12.

05:58:11.

05:58:10.

Elise sat inside the Geneva vault with blood running down the side of her face.

Camille knelt beside her.

A masked operative stood behind them.

Beside him, the portable dispersal unit waited to open.

In the second video window, Evan Minser watched from aboard an aircraft.

“Six hours,” Lucas said.

Ghost studied the flight map.

“We still have a problem.”