The intelligence that changed everything arrived at 3:17 AM, delivered through channels so secure that only three people in the world had access to them.
Seraphina was reviewing global response patterns to the Revelation Protocol when Sarah's voice crackled through the emergency communication system with the kind of urgency that meant someone was about to die.
"Ma'am, priority intercept from Kozlov assets in Romania. Victor and Adrian didn't just surface—they've made contact with the Corvinus Collective leadership. And they're not negotiating."
The wall displays shifted to show satellite imagery of the Carpathian Mountains, where thermal signatures revealed unprecedented activity around ancient strongholds that had been dormant for decades. Military vehicles, aircraft, personnel movements that suggested preparation for operations requiring massive coordination.
