After speaking with Dan, Killian headed out to face the group waiting for him outside. He wasn’t officially part of the CIA, and if SSI found out he’d completed the mission without handing over the prototype, they’d probably kill him.
Still, considering the dangerous possibilities, keeping the prototype himself felt like the right call. After all, the device was a ticking time bomb if it fell into the wrong hands. Before taking out Erick Stamp, Killian had unearthed intel on others involved in this case. Just as he suspected, one of them was a member of SSI—a connection that hinted at a web of corruption, stretching far beyond just the military.
Truth be told, if his superiors weren’t entangled in this mess, he might’ve asked for their help. But now, Ricky was the only one within SSI he
