Chapter 14 - The Siege Begins
Before Claire could even begin to process the horrifying revelation, the lights in the luxury penthouse flickered and suddenly died.
The entire suite was plunged into absolute, pitch-black darkness.
Eleanor instantly stood up, her maternal instincts violently overwritten by pure survival instinct.
"David!" Eleanor shouted into the darkness.
Her chief of security burst into the living room, a suppressed submachine gun already drawn and held at the ready. "Ma'am, the building’s main power grid has been severed. We have a massive security breach in the private elevator shafts."
"They know I found her," Eleanor realized, her voice dropping to a lethal whisper. "The syndicate is here. They want her back."
A heavy, explosive thud echoed from the front vestibule of the penthouse.
"Get behind the marble island in the kitchen! Move!" David ordered.
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Eleanor grabbed Claire by the hand, dragging her heavily pregnant daughter through the dark, opulent living room just as the reinforced oak front doors of the suite were violently blown off their hinges by breaching charges.
The extreme luxury of the penthouse had just been transformed into a terrifying battlefield.
