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CHAPTER 221
Slayde’s heavy footfalls faded down the marble hallway, leaving the remaining group in a fragile silence that lasted only as long as it took for the door of his private study to click shut.The moment Slayde was out of sight, Jaxon threw his arm over Zayn’s shoulders with dramatic flair."Ignore the peanut gallery, my dark-web brother," Jaxon declared, steering a hesitant Zayn toward the grand staircase. "Come! Let me show you to your royal quarters.""Royal quarters," Raina scoffed behind them, grabbing her tablet to follow. "If that glorified broom closet is a royal quarter, then I'm the Queen of England."Elio tossed her legs off the sofa and slid into her slippers, trailing right behind Raina with her glass of water in hand. "Are you kidding? I wouldn't miss this for the world. I want to see the exact moment Zayn realizes what he signed up for."Zayn glanced over his shoulder at the two women parading behind them, feeling wildly out of place. He was used to silent, dark hallways
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She gestured dramatically toward the floor-to-ceiling windows, her tone rising with genuine indignation. "He's a hacker! If you bring him into this estate, he could easily bypass Viktor's security, hijack the network, and take control of the house while we sleep!"Beside Slayde, Zayn braced himself. His shoulders tensed under his oversized hoodie, his fingers twitching against his sides. Spending eighteen hours a day behind glowing monitors, speaking only through encrypted text and scrambled voice lines, had left his social skills completely rusted.For a second, his throat locked up. He had no clever comeback, no smooth defense.Then, the sheer nerve of her words registered, sparking a sudden heat in his chest."I'm standing right here, you know," Zayn blurted out, his voice rougher than intended as his dark eyes flashed with sudden defiance. "And for the record, if I wanted to take control of this estate, I wouldn't need to move in first. I could have hijacked your smart locks f
CHAPTER 219
Slayde didn’t return the smile. He simply tapped his tablet screen, bringing up a secure guest profile for the penthouse server suite."I don't leave survivors," Slayde said softly. "Welcome to the team, Zayn."As the dark Maybach glided through the morning traffic, Zayn stared down at the heavy silver flash drive in his palm. A sudden, dizzying wave of disbelief washed over him.What the fuck just happened?Just hours ago, he was crouched in a smoke-filled room, watching his entire life’s work burn to ash, terrified that federal agents were about to breach his door.Now, he was sitting in the back of a luxury SUV, wearing a clean hoodie, being handed the primary keys to a high-stakes financial execution by the most feared corporate titan in the country.Why would Slayde trust him with something this critical?For a brief second, a reckless thought crossed Zayn's mind. ‘I have his proxy paths now. I could use his system node as a launchpad, route a covert siphon into my own offshor
CHAPTER 218
The morning fog hung thick over the iron gates of the Burgess estate, painting the sprawling stone courtyard in gray.Standing on the cobblestone driveway outside the main gates, the hacker paced like a cornered animal. He pulled his oversized hoodie tighter around his shoulders, his dark circles deep from two nights without sleep. Every few seconds, his eyes darted toward the high walls, half-expecting armed guards to swarm from the trees and tackle him.He had spent three straight hours last night bypassing the estate's optical arrays and looping motion sensors, crawling through a drainage culvert just to reach the inner driveway. It was supposed to be a demonstration of his worth, proof that no security system could keep him out.Instead, he had been standing in front of Slayde’s towering black gates for four agonizing hours.The sun was up now, casting long shadows across the private road, and not a single soul had come out to acknowledge him.‘Did my bypass trigger a silent ala
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"You're calling relatives to ship our daughter across the country?" Dominic spat, stopping right in front of her, his tall frame towering over her trembling body. "Behind my back? Like she's some piece of unwanted baggage you can just throw away when things get tough?!""That's not what I'm doing!" Harlyn cried, raising her hands in defense. "I'm trying to protect her!""Protect her?!" Dominic sneered, his voice dripping with disgust as he pointed a harsh finger toward the floor. "I just hired an entire security team to guard this house! I am fighting every single day to save our companies and keep this family safe, and you're behind my back trying to give our daughter away to some distant relative like a coward?!""You don't understand!" Harlyn sobbed, her composure completely disintegrating. "Slayde will find a way through your guards! He can do it! If he takes her—""Slayde isn't taking anyone!" Dominic snapped, gripping her shoulders hard enough to make her wince. His dark eyes b
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Meanwhile, the dark Maybach glided effortlessly through empty downtown streets, city lights painting long streaks of gold across the tinted glass.In the back seat, Slayde slipped his personal phone into his jacket pocket, his expression unreadable."Did you send the message, sir?" Viktor asked quietly from the driver's seat, keeping his eyes on the late-night traffic."I did," Slayde replied smoothly, leaning his head back against the plush leather headrest."Is it wise to offer a position to the man who just tried to breach Elsher's servers?" Viktor inquired, a rare hint of curiosity breaking through his disciplined tone. "He's unpredictable and reckless.""He's desperate, which makes him easily managed," Slayde said flatly, a dark glint flickering in his eyes. "More importantly, he understands how Dominic's network contacts operate on the dark web. When the time comes to completely strip Harlyn and Dominic of their remaining assets, I'd rather have his fingers on my keyboard than a
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