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Chasing The billionaire's Shadow Echoes of the Forgotten
Chapter Twenty-Six – Echoes of the Forgotten The pulse hadn’t stopped. Even as the transport soared back across the ice fields, carrying us toward the illusion of safety in Geneva, Clara’s shard throbbed like a phantom heartbeat in my pocket. I stared out the frost-laced window, watching the tundra vanish beneath clouds, yet my mind remained rooted in the ruins of Lucent. That voice—Venn’s—still echoed inside me. “You are the key… not a hacker… not a rebel… the final vessel.” I’d destroyed the chamber. I'd buried his legacy. But what if I hadn’t erased it all? What if I’d only shaken the surface of something buried much deeper? Liam watched me in silence. I could feel his gaze even through the hum of the rotors and the pressurized hush of the sealed cabin. But he didn’t press, and for that, I was grateful. Back in Geneva, the villa was far too still when we arrived. Richter’s guards scanned the perimeter twice. Tamar immediately shut down all wireless signals. Freya started run
Chasing The billionaire's Shadow Chapter Twenty-Five
--- Chapter Twenty-Five We landed in Geneva under assumed identities. Richter’s contacts swept us into an off-grid villa nestled in the mountains, its walls reinforced and windows lined with military-grade shielding. But even behind layers of protection, we felt the ripple—an unshakable tension, as if the world had tilted and hadn’t found its balance again. I stared at the encrypted screen on the wall, watching global stock tickers crash and bounce, servers flicker back to life only to be swallowed by blackouts. Scarlett’s purge had caused more than a digital burn. It was an awakening. Liam appeared beside me, jaw tight. “Tamar’s team isolated what’s left of Scarlett’s code.” “And?” “She fragmented, again. But it wasn’t random. It was strategic. Pieces of her splintered across dark net servers, private banks, even embedded in satellites.” “So she’s not gone.” “No. But she’s diluted. For now.” I looked at him. “And Clara’s final lock?” “Still sealed.” I ran a hand through
Chasing The billionaire's Shadow Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Four The leak exploded like wildfire. Within hours, global media was in chaos. Military-grade secrets spilled into public servers. Whistleblowers resurfaced. Protests erupted in cities from Berlin to Bogotá. Names long buried were now flashing in headlines—my father’s, Scarlett’s, Liam’s. And mine. I stared at the data spiral unraveling on Freya’s tablet. “They’ll come after us now.” “They already are,” she replied grimly, sliding the screen to reveal a satellite feed. “Scarlett’s proxies aren’t just programs—they’ve hijacked agencies, assets. Digital and flesh.” “Which means she’s not dead,” Liam said, jaw clenched. “She’s not alive either,” Tamar added from across the room. “We’re dealing with a consciousness embedded in code. A synthetic shadow of her mind.” Richter stepped forward, grim as ever. “We need to strike before she stabilizes.” I looked up. “How?” He tapped the map projected on the center table. “A fragment of her was traced to the Zenith Vault
Chasing The billionaire's Shadow Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Three The plan was insanity wrapped in necessity. Delphi Base wasn’t just secure—it was a legend in the underground. A place whispered about in codes, in bars, in the screams of hackers who had tried and vanished. But we had no choice. Not if we wanted to finish what Clara started. Richter led us through a map projection that blinked with infrared signatures and rotating security patterns. We sat around a holographic table, the soft hum of the generator the only sound. “Two minutes to breach the outer wall,” Richter said, pointing to a circular gate buried beneath what looked like a dried-up riverbed. “Four minutes to navigate the corridor before motion sensors come online.” “Then what?” I asked. “Then you enter the Cold Room,” he said, eyes hardening. “No signals, no surveillance. Just the core server.” “Perfect,” Tamar whispered. “A dead zone.” “Not perfect,” Liam corrected. “It’s a trap zone. Anything goes wrong in there, and no one can help.” Richter look
Chasing The billionaire's Shadow Chapter Twenty-Two
--- Chapter Twenty-Two The press labeled it the New Dawn. They painted murals of my mother and whispered stories about how her daughter had undone decades of control in a single night. But reality wasn’t as poetic as they wanted it to be.Scarlett’s body had vanished. One moment she was sprawled on the gravel, her systems fried. The next—gone. No trace. No trail. Not even a heat signature. And Liam couldn’t stop pacing since. “Too easy,” he muttered, pacing the length of the safehouse living room. “It’s never this easy.” “It wasn’t easy,” I snapped, rubbing my temples. “We barely made it out. Half the city’s still wired to her network. And if she’s really gone, why are encrypted pings still being received on her server ports?” Tamar, sitting cross-legged on the couch, sighed. “Because dead monsters echo.” Freya, typing furiously on the tablet, didn’t look up. “Or because the monster isn’t dead. Just hiding. Adapting.” I stood. “Then we adapt faster.” Liam finally stopped pa
Chasing The billionaire's Shadow Chapter Twenty-Two
--- Chapter Twenty-Two The press labeled it the New Dawn. They painted murals of my mother and whispered stories about how her daughter had undone decades of control in a single night. But reality wasn’t as poetic as they wanted it to be.Scarlett’s body had vanished. One moment she was sprawled on the gravel, her systems fried. The next—gone. No trace. No trail. Not even a heat signature. And Liam couldn’t stop pacing since. “Too easy,” he muttered, pacing the length of the safehouse living room. “It’s never this easy.” “It wasn’t easy,” I snapped, rubbing my temples. “We barely made it out. Half the city’s still wired to her network. And if she’s really gone, why are encrypted pings still being received on her server ports?” Tamar, sitting cross-legged on the couch, sighed. “Because dead monsters echo.” Freya, typing furiously on the tablet, didn’t look up. “Or because the monster isn’t dead. Just hiding. Adapting.” I stood. “Then we adapt faster.” Liam finally stopped pa
Chasing The billionaire's Shadow Chapter Twenty-One
--- Chapter Twenty-One The white-hot surge split through my skull like lightning trapped in glass. I screamed, but no sound escaped. For a moment, I wasn’t in the safehouse anymore—I was everywhere. Images flooded my mind—codes cascading like waterfalls, voices echoing from memory, my mother’s laughter layered with alarms, and then… silence. Then a voice. My own. Override accepted. Origin Protocol activated. The light dimmed. I crashed to the ground, gasping, my skin hot, heart thundering. Liam caught me before I collapsed fully. “Isla—look at me. Talk to me!” Freya yanked me behind a desk as the firefight outside the room intensified. “She triggered the Origin Protocol. That was the key!” Bullets tore through the air. Tamar ducked, clutching her data drive. “We need to move now!” “I can’t—” I tried to stand, my legs rubber. “Something’s… different.” Freya grabbed the baton from my hand, eyes wide. “It’s synced. The code’s live. She’s carrying it.” I blinked. “Carrying
Chasing The billionaire's Shadow Chapter Twenty
--- Chapter Twenty The desert wind howled around us, a gritty whisper of everything we’d left burning behind. Liam didn’t slow until the smoke faded into the horizon. We crouched behind a ridge, hearts racing, the bunker’s distant ruin still flickering against the sky. I exhaled shakily. “She’ll come after us harder now.” “She always does,” Liam replied. “But this time, we hit back.” Freya wiped sweat from her brow, her braid loose and streaked with ash. “The upload reached the Ark, but it’s only a matter of time before Scarlett tries to intercept or spin it.” “She won’t get the chance,” Liam said. “Not if we move first.” I turned to him. “To where? Another bunker? Another trap?” He shook his head. “No. To the capital.” I stared. “What?” “We need to expose her publicly. Face to face. In her own stronghold.” Freya crossed her arms. “That’s suicide.” Liam’s eyes locked with mine. “Not if Isla leads the reveal.” My throat tightened. “Me?” “She’s the only one who can trigg
Chasing The billionaire's Shadow Chapter Nineteen
--- Chapter Nineteen We moved under cover of darkness. The desert turned colder, shadows stretching long across the sands as we pushed forward, guided only by the stars and Liam’s gut instinct. “We’ll rest at dawn,” he said, his voice rough but steady. “One hour max. Then we head north.” “North to what?” I asked, shivering despite the heat trapped in my clothes. “More enemies? Another dead end?” He looked at me, eyes unreadable in the moonlight. “To someone I trust.” That was saying something. Liam didn’t trust easily. We passed through the jagged ridges until we reached a dry riverbed, and he finally signaled for a stop. I dropped to the ground, muscles aching, lungs burning. Liam knelt beside me, pulling a small foil packet from his vest and tossing it over. “Here. Energy gel. Tastes like death, but it’ll keep you standing.” “Can’t wait,” I muttered, peeling it open. “Dinner of champions.” He chuckled quietly, then went still, head cocked. “What is it?” I whispered, sca
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