Chapter 6: The Siren’s Call**
Midnight arrived with a heavy fog rolling off the Atlantic. Julian, Scott, and Leo waited in a covert security van parked by the harbor perimeter. Julian had alerted Federal Marshal Vance—the only clean authority left in the district.
"Vance is positioning his tactical team," Julian whispered, checking his tactical feed. "When the freighter drops its ramp, we transmit the decrypted codes to freeze their assets instantly."
Suddenly, headlights flooded their van. High-beam spotlights pinned them against the iron fence.
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A gravelly voice blared over a megaphone: "Julian Sterling! Did you really think your gala disappearance went unnoticed?"
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