Chapter 12 - THE VAULT
The hidden entrance beneath Lower Wacker recognized two sets of Vale biometrics.
Dominic pressed one scanner.
Marcus pressed the other.
Steel locks released.
Inside were decades of passports, cash boxes, photographs, and sealed records.
Marcus looked around. "This could bury half the city."
A light clicked on.
Adrian stood behind them with a pistol.
"Thank you."
Dominic turned.
"You found Marcus years ago."
"I needed him alive."
"The crash?"
"To weaken you."
"The medication?"
"To make the council doubt you."
"The brace?"
"To finish the job."
Dominic's jaw tightened. "Caleb Rowan?"
Adrian's expression changed.
"Peter handled Caleb."
Marcus took a step.
Adrian raised the gun.
"Don't."
A tiny red light blinked above the vault.
Vincent's hidden camera.
Adrian saw it too late.
Dominic asked, "Did you kill our father?"
Adrian laughed once.
"No."
A new voice came from the darkness behind him.
"I did."
Arthur Voss stepped into the vault.
Dominic stared at him.
Arthur's eyes were wet.
"I gave Antonio the overdose."
"Why?"
"Because he was reopening Black Harbor. Isabel was dead. Marcus was trapped. And Antonio was going to destroy everyone who could expose him."
"You murdered him."
Arthur lowered his head.
"Yes."
Adrian smiled.
"The loyal old dog finally speaks."
Then Adrian raised the pistol toward Dominic.
May you like
Arthur moved.
The gun fired.
