Page 294 of Scars of Fate

“Yes.”

“What about Elise and Camille?”

“The emergency client compartment has an independent air supply.”

“How do you know?”

“I read the bank’s emergency-containment certification before placing the drive there.”

Lucas’s mouth curved.

“You always did ask too many questions.”

“It saved us this time.”

Hawk studied the bank system.

“The dispersal countdown stopped.”

The clock had frozen at:

05:51:03.

We had bought six hours.

Maybe.

Then a new warning appeared.

MANUAL OVERRIDE ATTEMPTED.

Minser’s operative was already trying to escape.

“How long can the seal resist him?” Adam asked.

“Six hours if he follows the rules,” I said.

Boone stared at me.

“He doesn’t seem like a rule-following kind of man.”

“No. He isn’t.”

Ghost checked the airfield records.

“We have an aircraft.”

“How long to Geneva?” Lucas asked.

“Three hours and twenty minutes.”

“Make it three.”

“The aircraft doesn’t move faster because you glare at me.”

“Try.”

Colonel Demir spoke from the communications station.