Chapter 65
The first light of dawn began to break as we drove through the winding roads leading to the safe house. The air inside the vehicle was tense, charged with the knowledge of what we had just achieved—and what it meant for the battle ahead. Natalia gripped the wheel, her knuckles white, while Victor sat hunched over the hard drives and blueprints, mumbling to himself as he deciphered their contents.
“How much longer until we know what we’re working with?” I asked Victor, breaking the heavy silence.
He glanced up, his glasses slightly askew. “If these drives are what I think they are, I should have a preliminary analysis in a few hours. But decrypting the more sensitive files will take time.”
“We don’t have much of that,” Natalia said, her tone sharp. “Redmond won’t let this go.
