All Chapters of KICKED LIKE A DOG, RETURNED LIKE A HIDDEN HEIR: Chapter 211
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Survival
Chapter 202The morning air was still, but inside the Morrelo Group headquarters, tension crackled like electricity.Alexander didn’t sleep. He hadn’t since the file arrived. He walked the length of his office, hands behind his back, eyes scanning every angle, every line of code, every unread alert.Matias and Luca watched him from the doorway.“Boss…” Matias began cautiously, “they’ve initiated small-scale disruptions. Power grids, communications nodes, minor financial blackouts. They’re probing again.”Alexander didn’t respond immediately. He didn’t need to. His gaze was on the city below, where millions of lives went about ordinary business, oblivious to the chessboard being reset above them.“They think these disruptions will distract me,” Alexander finally said, voice low, cold. “They think I’ll react rashly. They’re wrong.”Luca cleared his throat. “Should we tighten perimeter protocols further? Increase surveillance on all high-risk personnel?”Alexander shook his head slowly.
Big announcement
Chapter 203Phase One didn’t begin with explosions.It began with silence.At exactly 02:00 a.m., three satellite-linked routing hubs quietly went offline—not disabled, not destroyed. Simply reassigned. Traffic that once flowed through Circle-controlled infrastructure began rerouting through neutral channels Alexander had secured months ago, patiently, invisibly.No alarms.No warnings.Just absence.By the time EIRIS’s analysts noticed irregular latency, it was already too late to reverse.“They’re bleeding bandwidth,” one technician said, panic creeping into his voice. “Our encrypted channels are degrading.”EIRIS stood behind them, arms crossed.“How much?” she asked calmly.“Thirty percent… no—thirty-eight. And climbing.”She didn’t raise her voice.“Contain it.”The technician swallowed. “We can’t. The permissions… they were rewritten from inside our legacy access keys.”EIRIS’s eyes narrowed.“He didn’t attack us,” she said softly.“He inherited us.”---Alexander watched the sa
Difference
Chapter 205The city’s skyline glittered under the night lights, but for Selena, the glow felt like a warning.Alexander’s private car stopped two blocks from the Vega Foundation building. The motorcade had been rerouted through every alternate route known to Morrelo intelligence, yet the feeling of unease clung to the air.“Something’s off,” Selena said quietly, adjusting her seatbelt.Alexander didn’t answer immediately. His eyes scanned the streets, noting every shadow, every movement.Matias’s voice came softly through the earpiece. “Boss, multiple unauthorized drones detected. Low altitude. Pattern indicates surveillance rather than strike.”Alexander’s jaw tightened. “They’re watching… testing.”Selena’s hand rested briefly on his. “Testing us… what does that mean for me?”Alexander turned slightly, eyes hard but steady. “It means you’re the bait, whether they know it or not.”Selena exhaled slowly. “I’m not bait.”“You already are,” he said, almost whispering. “The moment they