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CHAPTER 562
"He got the download, but we caught him before he could leave," the guard reported quickly. "He's beat up, tied up, and locked in the holding room downstairs. We got the drive back.""Is he alone?" she asked, stepping toward the window to look down at the dark, rainy gates of the compound."Looks like it, ma'am. He's hurt. Looks like cracked ribs."The woman let out a slow, cold breath. "He isn't alone. Nobody targets our server hub without backup nearby. Keep him locked in that room, double the guards at the main gates, and get the hit squad ready. Whoever sent him is already on their way."She spoke sharply into the phone. "Bring the drive up to my office right now. And bring a secure laptop. I want to check the files myself.""Right away, ma'am."Ten minutes later, the door to the top-floor office opened. The lead guard walked in carrying a heavy laptop, while another guard set the black drive on the desk.The woman didn't waste time talking. She sat down, turned on the laptop,
CHAPTER 561
A few miles away, inside the safehouse, Zarek stood by the window watching the heavy rain pour down. He tapped his fingers on his arm, looking down at his watch.Ten minutes had passed since Shaw’s last signal.Elara stepped up beside him, holding two warm mugs, but her eyes were just as focused on the silent comms device sitting on the wooden table behind them.Troll leaned against the doorframe, chewing on an unlit cigar as he watched Zarek. Unlike the rest of the crew, Troll was still new to how Shaw worked. He looked over at the quiet radio, then back at Zarek's tense shoulders."Is ten minutes really that big of a deal?" Troll asked, his rough voice breaking the silence. "Maybe the kid is taking his time or hiding out until the rain slows down. How fast does he usually move?""Shaw is fast," Zarek said, his dark eyes narrowing as he stared out into the night. "Even on a bad day, he doesn't stay in one place for this long. He gets in, grabs the data, and gets out before anyone
CHAPTER 560
The air duct was narrow, freezing, and coated in a thick layer of dust.Shaw lay flat on his stomach, taking shallow breaths to keep his cracked ribs from flaring up.‘I should have picked up farming,’ he complained silently, wincing as he slid forward inch by inch. ‘Nice and quiet. Zero air vents.’He moved like a phantom, shifting his weight with painstaking care so the thin metal sheet beneath him wouldn't make a sound.Below, voices floated through the narrow slits of the duct."Double-check the south perimeter!" a guard ordered from the hallway. "And make sure nobody goes near the main server room. The assistant is coming to inspect the drives herself."Shaw paused, his eyes gleaming in the dark. He pulled a small transmitter from his vest, tapped it twice to signal Zarek’s team, and resumed crawling toward the junction ahead.A few meters down, the duct split. Shaw carefully peeked through a vent grate into the room below.It was the main server hub. A giant black server towe
CHAPTER 559
"No... no, no, no," Vance gasped, panic seizing him completely as he stared at Zarek as if seeing a ghost. "That's... that's impossible! The fire... the strike team... no one survived that night! We made sure of it! How... how are you alive?!"Elara watched Vance fall apart, a cold smile touching her lips."Surprise, Director. Dead men come back when you don't finish the job."Zarek didn't move. He stood imposing and still, his massive frame blocking the light as he watched the man who had destroyed his life collapse onto the floor."You burned my home," Zarek said, his voice cutting through Vance's panic. "You erased my family's name from every database in the city. But you forgot one thing, Vance."Zarek leaned slightly toward the iron bars, locking onto Vance's shaking gaze. "Fire doesn't destroy iron. It tempers it."Vance pressed his back hard against the concrete wall, his lungs burning as he gasped for air. "The fire..." Vance wheezed, his eyes wide and unseeing. "The house
CHAPTER 558
As if sensing Zarek's thoughts, Vance slowly raised his head.His eyes met Zarek's, and a wide, arrogant smirk broke across his face. He didn't say a word, but the dark confidence in his smile made it clear: Vance believed he still held the winning hand, and that his unseen backer was already moving on the board."Did you really think the encryption on your mountain server would hold?" Zarek asked, his voice low and steady. "You buried the transfers under ten layers of black-budget shell companies, but you left a trace. We found the routing protocols, Vance. We know about F3."The moment the codename left Zarek's lips, the smug grin vanished. Vance's jaw tightened, and his eyes darted away for a fraction of a second before he forced a calm mask back into place."You're bluffing," Vance sneered, though the seed of doubt had clearly taken root. "You don't know anything about F3. If you did, you wouldn't be standing here talking to me.""I know enough," Zarek replied smoothly, taking a
CHAPTER 557
Zarek’s stone-cold expression subtly shifted, a rare breath of relief unweighting his posture as he heard his youngest brother's voice."Tinny," Zarek rumbled, stepping slightly away from the glowing console. "Good to hear you breathing.""I'm getting out of here," Tinny growled over the static, the sound of squeaking bedsprings echoing alongside a doctor desperately muttering warnings. "Tell me where the rendezvous is. I'll rip this hospital door off its hinges and meet you in twenty minutes.""You will sit your massive ass right back down on that bed," Zarek commanded flatly, his voice carrying the immovable authority of an older brother who had dragged him through a dozen battlefields.On the other end, Tinny let out an annoyed huff."Zarek, I'm fine—""You were poisoned by Vance's neural agent hours ago," Zarek cut him off smoothly. "If you try to sprint across the city right now, your heart will explode before you hit the main lobby. Stay put.""And leave you guys to deal with Va
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