Elias did the math in his head. The gold in this box alone was worth more than his boat, his house, and everything he had ever owned combined.
But then he looked at the other item in the box. A tracking device. It looked old, dormant, dead.
But a small red light on the side of it was blinking slowly.
Beep… Beep… Beep…
His blood turned to ice. Opening the case had activated the beacon.
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He looked at the radar screen in his cabin. A blip. Fast. Coming straight for him from the east.
It wasn’t a fishing boat. It was moving at 40 knots.
Elias scrambled for his radio. He didn’t know if the gold was stolen, lost, or government property, but he knew he couldn’t be found with it by whoever was coming on that fast boat.
“Mayday, Mayday, this is Trawler Ellipsis. I have found… suspicious ordnance. Requesting immediate Coast Guard assistance.”
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