The interior of the vault was an astonishing temple of stolen history and modern criminal decadence. The vast subterranean chamber was lined with temperature-controlled display cases containing priceless stolen artifacts: Byzantine gold relics, Renaissance oil paintings cut from museum frames, prototype military guidance chips, and crates of unregistered bearer bonds. And there, resting upon a pedestal of black obsidian in the exact center of the room beneath a cone of…
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