Chapter 10 - Sparrow's Last Mission
The theater erupted into movement.
Sarah disarmed the nearest attacker.
Alex moved Matteo behind cover.
Victor ran.
He wasn't the real target.
The men around him were.
Sarah had already identified them as Meridian operatives.
She had also identified something else.
They weren't following Victor.
They were following someone above him.
The real leader was still hidden.
Victor reached the backstage corridor.
Sarah chased him.
He entered a room and locked the door.
When Sarah forced it open, Victor was gone.
Only a phone remained.
The screen showed a live video.
A woman appeared.
Sarah froze.
She knew her.
Director Evelyn Hart.
The woman who had commanded Sparrow's original unit.
The woman who had signed Sarah's death order twelve years ago.
Evelyn smiled.
“You've been very difficult to find.”
Sarah stared.
“You destroyed my life.”
“I protected the operation.”
“You killed people.”
“I protected something bigger.”
Sarah stepped closer.
“What?”
Evelyn's expression changed.
“Control.”
She explained that Meridian had never been an independent criminal organization.
It had been created from former intelligence contractors who learned that information was more valuable than weapons.
Evelyn had protected it.
Victor had managed it.
And Sarah had been the one person who refused to obey.
That was why she had been hunted.
But Evelyn made one mistake.
She had revealed herself.
Sarah had recorded the conversation.
Evelyn realized it too late.
“You think this ends me?”
“No.”
Sarah smiled faintly.
“It starts with you.”
Behind her, Alex appeared.
He had brought the recording team.
For the first time, Evelyn's expression showed fear.
But then she laughed.
“You still don't understand.”
She held up a photograph.
Elena Fernandez.
Sarah's mother.
May you like
Alive.
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