"A key," she whispered. "But not for a door. It's a hardware wallet. We tried to crack the encryption, but it started a countdown. If we don't put in the right sequence in the next hour, it broadcasts our location to the owner."
The blue light of the monitors washed over the bullpen, but Special Agent Timothy McGee wasn't looking at code. He was looking at a group of teenagers sitting in the conference room—the "Brat Pack," as the night shift had already dubbed them. They weren't your typical street hoods; they were tech-savvy, bored, and remarkably efficient at bypassing high-level security. Watch NCIS S19E19 The Brat Pack 720p AMZN WEB-D...
Down in the conference room, the leader of the pack—a sixteen-year-old girl named Maya with neon-streaked hair—wasn't talking. She knew her rights, and she knew the NCIS agents couldn't prove she had the "package." "A key," she whispered