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Chapter Eight: Poison in Silk

Penulis: Becca Williams
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-06-05 21:23:55

Aria waited until after 7 p.m. to move.

Most of the floor had cleared out. Lights dimmed. The hush of expensive silence settled over the Vale Corp tower like a glove made of velvet and threat.

She didn’t go straight to her terminal.

Instead, she slipped into one of the vacant side offices near the executive wing used for private meetings, rarely monitored. She’d studied the floor plan. Chosen the one without security cams inside the door.

She brought her own laptop. Ran it through Nova’s spoofing software. A ghost network connection that let her drift through Vale Corp’s system without tripping alarms.

She wasn’t looking for her own file anymore.

She was looking for Elena Marsh.

Within ten minutes, she had access to Elena’s employee data profile.

And a key tag that made her blood run cold.

Clearance Level: S7-A | Project Daggerfall | Director Access Blacksite Hudson

Blacksite.

Hudson.

Her mouth went dry.

Elena wasn’t just an executive.

She was a handler.

A controller.

Someone with
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