"We don't go to Manhattan, that's their turf. We make them come to us. We make them think they found the policy."
She pulled up a digital map, highlighting a major logistics hub near Columbia, South Carolina—a dense area of truck stops, storage facilities, and easy access to both I-20 and I-26.
"Ghost is a numbers man," she explained. "He needs to confirm the death warrant. He'll send a cleanup crew, but they won't stop until they know we're gone and the volatile cargo is accounted for. We hit the Sterling Group with a ghost threat, something that smells like a panic, and they will send Ghost—or the closest thing to him—down here to verify the security of the pipeline."
Reckless Preparation