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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
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.
Preserve
Chapter 201The world didn’t collapse after Alexander’s move.That was the problem.Markets stabilized. Governments issued rehearsed statements. Analysts praised “decisive transparency.” Morrelo Group stock dipped, then rebounded stronger than before.From the outside, it looked like victory.From the inside, it felt like standing on newly buried land—solid enough to walk on, but not yet settled.Alexander sat alone in the executive conference room long after midnight. The lights were off. Only the city glow filtered through the glass walls.Matias entered quietly.“You should go home,” he said. “You’ve been awake for thirty-six hours.”Alexander didn’t turn. “What did we lose?”Matias hesitated. Then answered honestly.“Three legacy partners pulled out quietly. Not Circle-aligned—just afraid. Two neutral governments froze negotiations pending ‘clarity.’ And… one internal board member submitted a sealed letter.”Alexander finally turned. “Which one?”Matias slid the tablet forward.Se
Chapter 200
Chapter 200The first public crack appeared at 9:17 a.m.It wasn’t a headline.It was a resignation.The CEO of Helix Maritime—one of the Circle’s oldest laundering fronts—announced his immediate departure due to “internal ethical concerns.” No scandal. No accusations.But within minutes, analysts noticed something else.Helix’s credit line collapsed.Banks quietly withdrew support. Insurance underwriters froze coverage. Cargo ports delayed clearance—not denied, just delayed.Alexander watched the ripple spread across the screens.“They’re pulling back,” Luca said. “Institutions are disengaging.”Alexander shook his head. “No. They’re being instructed.”Selena leaned forward. “By us?”“By fear,” Alexander replied. “Fear of being next.”Her secure channel lit up with warnings she hadn’t expected:• Asset partners requesting distance• Independent cells refusing directives• Financial backers demanding reassuranceShe stood slowly.“They’re not attacking us,” she said to her aide. “They
Compromised
Chapter 199The city was quiet, but the silence carried weight.Alexander sat in the command room, the skyline stretching behind him. Screens blinked softly, streams of data feeding in from satellites, private intelligence networks, and Morrelo assets worldwide. Every red alert was a ripple across his empire, every anomaly a whisper of the Circle’s next move.Selena stood beside him, arms crossed, eyes scanning the feed with precise focus.“They’ve already moved two cells,” she said. “One in Berlin, one in Singapore. EIRIS isn’t testing anymore—she’s escalating.”Alexander nodded. “Phase Three was meant to unsettle me. But now she’s committing. Making real moves.”Selena’s eyes narrowed. “She underestimated you.”Alexander allowed a small smirk, rare and fleeting. “And she underestimated you too. You saw patterns she didn’t know existed. That’s why she’s alive.”Selena tilted her head. “You didn’t just protect me. You turned me into part of the strategy.”“Yes,” Alexander admitted sof
tight
Chapter 198Selena did not scream.That surprised the men watching through the cameras later.She did not panic when the woman crossed the street and stopped three steps away from her. She did not reach for her phone. She did not look back at her guards, who were already frozen—trained, armed, and suddenly irrelevant.She simply asked, calmly,“Do you enjoy theatrics, or is this just how you introduce yourself?”The woman’s smile deepened.“I prefer clarity,” she replied. “Theatrics waste time.”Up close, Selena could see the details: faint scars along the woman’s knuckles, the posture of someone trained to never lean, never relax. Power without ornament.“And who are you?” Selena asked.The woman tilted her head slightly. “I’m the consequence of loving Alexander Morrelo.”Selena’s spine stiffened—but her voice stayed level.“Then you’re already misinformed,” she said. “I don’t belong to him.”The woman’s eyes sharpened.“No,” she said softly. “You belong with him. Which is worse.”Sh
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