Ch-70
Author: Cupidaris
last update2025-06-14 15:38:59

The sound of fingers furiously clacking against a keyboard echoed in the dimmed data room, tucked three floors below Imperium Corp’s main building. Miko’s dark eyes flicked across the streaming code on the screen, her brows furrowed in concentration.

Harper stood beside her, arms crossed, gaze fixed on the monitor. “You’re sure it’s not just Nathan updating his files remotely?”

Miko shook her head, tapping to enlarge a highlighted block of log entries. “He hasn't accessed these folders in over three weeks. But someone else tried to, five times. From an external node masked through three proxy layers. Whoever it was knew exactly what to look for.”

“Can you trace it?”

Miko hesitated. “Not fully. But I know where it originated: someone inside the company. They didn’t get in, but that won’t stop them next time.”

Before Harper could reply, the security door hissed open behind them. Nathan stepped in, black jacket still damp from the rain outside, his presence calm but alert.

“You called?”
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