Chapter 9

Sterling's face went pale. "Inside job... or very thorough external preparation."Samuel studied Sterling's expression in the emergency lighting. "The artificial intelligence technology your company develops—military applications?""Some government contracts, but nothing classified beyond standard: facial recognition systems, surveillance networks, autonomous targeting platforms.""All of that, plus predictive behavior algorithms?""Worth killing for," Samuel concluded grimly.The elevator chimed, announcing the arrival of what should have been building security. But Samuel's trained eye immediately spotted discrepancies: wrong uniform configurations, non-standard equipment, movement patterns that didn't match security protocols."That's not building security," Samuel stated with absolute certainty."What do you mean?""Wrong gear, wrong formation, wrong approach vectors. They're part of the operation."Samuel immediately reversed their movement pattern, leading Sterling toward maintenance stairs instead of the elevator bank."We're going up, not down."Sterling's confusion was obvious. "Up makes no sense! That's toward my office!""They expect retreat and extraction. We're going to attack from a superior tactical position." Samuel's smile was predatory. "Time to remind these people why presidents sleep safely at night."As they moved toward the stairs, Sterling grappled with the magnitude of his transformation. The man he'd humiliated, degraded, and fired was now the only thing standing between him and professional execution."I owe you an apology," Sterling said as they climbed."You owe me your life," Samuel replied without emotion. "The apology is optional."But Sterling's real education was just beginning. Because Samuel Johnson was about to demonstrate exactly why the Secret Service was considered the world's elite protection force, and why underestimating invisible people was the last mistake many powerful men ever made.

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