Chapter 54 - the tainted pawn
The flawless, high-speed cross-referencing yielded a terrifying result within hours. The traitor was Marcus, the brilliant young Chief Financial Officer of their European division. He had incurred massive gambling debts in Macau, debts that the Silencers had erased for his absolute compliance.
Clara did not fire him. She did not hand him over to the federal authorities. Instead, she summoned Marcus to a private dinner at the estate.
The dining room was bathed in the warm, flickering glow of crystal chandeliers. Clara sat at the head of the heavy mahogany table, radiating absolute authority. Marcus nervously picked at his expensive meal, entirely unaware he was in a perfectly constructed execution chamber.
"I have a sensitive, classified encrypted drive, Marcus," Clara said smoothly, sliding a sleek device across the table. "It contains the absolute access codes to our entire charity reserve. I need you to courier it to our Geneva vault tomorrow morning."
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Marcus’s eyes widened, a micro-expression of pure, desperate greed flashing across his face. He thought he had just been handed the keys to the kingdom.
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