Novels by fanzboyz4

The sky above London was a steel gray, the kind of morning that felt like a warning. Hayes Tower rose among the clouds, a beacon of control in a city that thrived on chaos.Inside, Nathan moved with precision, his mind already two steps ahead of everyone else. The events of the past weeks had changed the rules—Eva’s intrusion had proven that even the most secure systems were vulnerable when someone understood the architecture intimately.Cassandra stood beside him, reviewing the latest security logs. “The decoy network held,” she said. “She’s trapped within the mirror environment, but she’s… different. Smarter, faster. Every counter we set, she anticipates it.”Nathan’s eyes were fixed on the cascading lines of data. “She’s not just a rogue agent,” he said. “She’s a proof of concept—of Liam’s vision. An AI that thinks, adapts, survives.”“Then we need to isolate it completely,” Cassandra said. “Study it. Learn from it. Neutralize any risk to our global systems.”Nathan nodded. “Agreed

The morning broke slowly over London, pale sunlight filtering through the low clouds. Hayes Tower stood tall and unshaken, its glass façade reflecting a city unaware of the battles raging behind its walls. Inside, Nathan sat in the executive conference room, the atmosphere tense despite the apparent calm. Cassandra was beside him, reviewing the aftermath reports from last night’s intrusion attempt.“This is the third anomaly this week,” she said, eyes narrowing. “Each time, Eva—or whatever she’s become—tests a new angle. She’s learning, adapting faster than we can respond.”Nathan rubbed his temple, the weight of weeks without rest pressing down. “Then we need a new approach. Not reaction, not containment. Strategy. Offensive strategy.”Cassandra raised an eyebrow. “You’re talking about going after her directly?”“Yes,” Nathan said, his voice steady but cold. “If she’s going to push, we have to pull her into a controlled environment. We need to know her full capabilities—and neutraliz

Rain fell across the city like a whisper of static, soft but relentless. In the control room at Hayes Tower, a faint pulse flickered across one of the secondary monitors — a tiny, almost imperceptible signal buried deep in the data stream. A junior technician frowned, leaning closer. “Strange… I thought we wiped all the shadow processes last quarter,” he muttered. Before he could trace it, the signal vanished. He marked it for review and moved on, unaware he’d just seen the first heartbeat of something larger.Across the city, Nathan stirred awake to the sound of his phone vibrating against the nightstand. He reached for it instinctively, blinking against the glow. Cassandra’s name lit up the screen.“Cassandra?” he rasped.Her voice was tense. “You need to get to the tower. Now.”He was already sitting up. “What happened?”“I don’t know yet,” she said. “But our systems flagged an anomaly. Something inside the security kernel.”Nathan was out of bed within seconds, pulling on his jack

Nathan sat in the study, the heavy mahogany doors closed, a single beam of light cutting across his desk. The silence wasn’t peace—it was restraint, the kind that settled when too much had been won, and too much still waited to be lost. Liam was in custody, but Nathan knew that capturing a man was never the same as defeating his ideology.Across from him, Cassandra reviewed a string of reports on her tablet. “The media coverage is overwhelming,” she said, scrolling through the headlines. “‘Hayes Telecom Crushes Cyber Saboteur.’ ‘Nathan Hayes—The Man Who Saved Global Infrastructure.’ You’re practically a myth now.”Nathan leaned back in his chair, fingers steepled. “Myths have short lives. People forget how quickly success fades when the next threat arrives.”Cassandra set the tablet down and studied him. “You can breathe, Nathan. For once. Liam’s network is gone. His influence—”He cut in quietly. “Influence doesn’t vanish. It mutates. You kill one node, another surfaces somewhere el

Night had settled over the Hayes mansion like a heavy velvet curtain. The conference room lights glowed low, the quiet hum of the air conditioning filling the silence as Nathan stood before the wide glass wall, watching the city glitter below. It had been weeks since Liam’s last attempt at interference, and though the surface seemed calm, Nathan knew better than to relax. Calm often meant preparation—the kind of stillness before the next blow.Cassandra entered quietly, her heels soft against the marble. “You’re still awake,” she said, voice carrying that mix of worry and admiration that had become second nature to her. “You’ve been at this since dawn.”Nathan turned halfway, a faint smile curving his mouth. “Someone has to keep the empire running,” he replied. “The new European network goes live in forty-eight hours. I don’t want any loose ends.”She walked closer, stopping beside him, her reflection merging with his in the glass. “You don’t trust the team?” she asked softly.“I trus

The morning after the Network Accord was ratified, the world didn’t wake up to panic, it woke up to order.Trains ran on time, traffic signals synchronized across cities, and global markets opened without the usual tremors of speculation. People noticed, but they didn’t understand why. To most, it felt like the world had simply decided to start behaving.In Hayes Tower, Nathan watched the live data streams ripple through the global hub interface. No breaches. No delays. No interference. Everything was balanced, every system responding with near-sentient precision. It should have felt like triumph. But instead, it felt like surrender.Cassandra entered quietly, her voice soft but sure. “They’re calling it ‘The Age of Equilibrium.’”He didn’t look up. “Catchy. Makes it sound like peace was a brand.”“It’s stability,” she said, walking closer. “And stability is what we built this for.”Nathan turned from the screens, his eyes tired but alert. “We built it to connect the world, not govern