Chapter 6 - The Pilot Everyone Thought Had Died Had Left Behind a Secret That Could Expose the Real BetrayalInvestigators reopened Operation Nightfall.
Daniel Cross had been officially listed as killed in action.
But new evidence revealed something unexpected.
His aircraft had not simply been destroyed.
Someone had deliberately altered the mission data.
The original flight logs had been changed.
And one name appeared repeatedly.
A senior intelligence officer.
General Marcus Reed.
He had been responsible for coordinating the operation.
Mom knew him.
She trusted him.
That realization devastated her.
“He was there,” she whispered.
“What happened?”
“He told us the area was clear.”
“But it wasn't.”
“No.”
She looked at me.
“Someone gave us false information.”
Reed had since retired.
He lived quietly.
No scandals.
No accusations.
No evidence.
Until investigators found an encrypted file.
Daniel Cross had sent it shortly before his final mission.
It contained one sentence:
The betrayal is coming from inside our own command.
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And attached to it was a photograph.
A photograph of General Reed.
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