Page 295 of Scars of Fate

Ghost translated.

“His wife’s containment team is eight minutes away. They’ll secure the server units and biological compartments.”

“Can we leave before they arrive?” Adam asked.

Demir shook his head.

The runway remained locked down.

No aircraft could leave until his wife confirmed the agent had been contained.

Lucas looked at the clock.

“We don’t have eight minutes.”

“We have almost six hours,” I said.

“We have less.”

He pointed toward the manual-override warning.

Another attempt appeared.

Then a third.

The vault seal remained active.

For now.

Adam turned toward Colonel Demir.

“We leave the moment the containment team clears the runway.”

Demir nodded.

The Brave began preparing.

Hawk downloaded the public portions of the bank’s floor plan and emergency layout.

Russ and Boone inventoried the weapons stored inside the tower’s security locker.

Ghost contacted the pilot assigned to the remaining aircraft.

Adam studied every possible route into the vault.

Lucas stayed beside me.

He hadn’t moved.

His eyes remained on the black screen where Elise and Camille had disappeared.

“You saved them.”

“We bought them time.”

“You knew what to do.”

“I guessed.”