Inside the safe house, the air was heavy with tension. At the mahogany table, James was ruminating. They were no longer mere fugitives. They were targets.
Nathan finished wrapping his arm in bandages. “So what’s the plan, boss?”
James exhaled sharply. “We hit them first.”
Sarah frowned. “With what? “We’re outnumbered, outgunned, and don’t even know who the traitor in the government is.”
Lina’s voice crackled in their earpieces. “I can help with that. I’ve been scouring encrypted channels. I discovered something disturbing.”
James straightened. “Tell us.”
Lina hesitated. “The man helping Kade? He’s a senior intelligence officer. He’s been bankrolling Kade’s operations for months covering up tracks, feeding him classified intel, keeping law enforcement off his back.”
Nathan clenched h
