Chapter Three: Ghost Online

" "Who can access the core?" "Aegis board members, Rourke's people, and an offshore operations node called Helix. It rotates location every forty-eight hours." Ethan crossed to the wall and removed the black crosses beside the seven names. Then he wrote two new words at the top of the board. AEGIS. PATRIOT. Outside the maintenance room, engines sounded in the distance. Not one vehicle. Three. Ethan killed the lights and listened for two seconds. "They found us?" Marcus whispered. "Not found," Ethan said, checking a magazine and locking it into a folding rifle. "Located." "There are no connected devices here." "You have one on you."