تسجيل الدخولFORT’S POVThere were very few things capable of genuinely unsettling me, but “The Circle” was one of them.Rain pelted relentlessly against the dockyard, drowning out the usual sounds of the night as I watched Elijah struggle for breath inside the confined space of the car. His face was pale, as if the life was seeping out of him with each labored gasp.Beside me, Elon noticed the shift in my expression almost instantly, his brow furrowing with concern and curiosity.“What,” he said, his voice laced with caution, “was that look?”I chose to ignore his question, focusing instead on the matter at hand.“Elijah,” I said sharply, forcing my voice to cut through the cacophony of the rain, “who in The Circle authorized this operation?”His trembling fingers tightened weakly around my sleeve, a feeble attempt to anchor himself to reality.“I never met them directly,” he managed to whisper, his voice trembling like a fragile leaf in the wind.Not useful.“Then who did?” I pressed, urgency cr
Harbor LightsELON’S POVI took an instant dislike to the Harbor District.The moment we drove into the waterfront area, the air thickened with an uneasy chill, and the vibrant skyline we had left behind seemed to vanish. In its place loomed rusted warehouses, their dark silhouettes punctuated by flickering streetlights casting ghostly shadows. An eerie silence enveloped us, a silence that felt heavy with unspoken dangers.The rain had begun its descent during our drive, starting as mere sprinkles but now pouring down in relentless sheets that blurred the windshield into streaks of silver. Fort, ever the relentless driver, pressed on without a hint of hesitation.“You know,” I ventured cautiously, my grip tightening around the door handle as the car took another sharp turn, “normal people usually contact authorities before plunging into what feels like the opening scene of a crime documentary.”Fort’s eyes remained locked on the road, unblinking.“We are contacting authorities.”“No,
FORT’S POVRecognition was a double-edged sword.Once you noticed a pattern, it clung to the edges of your mind like a stubborn ink stain—you couldn’t unsee it.As the city lights blurred and streaked past the windshield, a dense silence settled heavily in the car. Outside, the world whirred by in vibrant splashes of color, but inside was a cocoon of tension. Elon, his intense gaze fixed upon me from the passenger seat, watched with an unsettling mixture of concern and expectation. In the rearview mirror, Adrian’s eyes simpered with scrutiny, his arms crossed defiantly. Both men were waiting, a silent demand hovering in the air for me to break the stifling stillness.But I was lost in thought—a place where interruptions didn't just break concentration; they shattered it.“Nathaniel,” I finally spoke, the name hanging in the air like a dark omen.Elon's brow furrowed instantly, doubt etched across his features. “Your security guy?” he asked, his tone dripping with skepticism.“Head o
ELON’S POVI had officially reached the point where the crimes of the wealthy felt exhausting and suffocating.Money laundering.Federal agents are closing in.Boardroom betrayals layered in deceit.And somehow, through it all, Fort still radiated an aura of danger that overshadowed everyone else in the building.It felt deeply unfair.As we exited the boardroom, the three of us moved onward, though “together” was a generous term. Fort and Adrian walked side by side like rival gladiators, their body language screaming of unspoken animosity, debating the merits and drawbacks of murder as a viable option in their twisted contest.Mara appeared just as we reached the midpoint of the corridor, her expression focused.“Elijah’s access card was last used in the executive parking garage,” she reported briskly, her voice cutting through the tension like a knife. “Security lost visual contact twelve minutes ago.”Fort didn’t even hesitate. He continued forward, his stride unyielding.“Lock eve
FORT’S POVThe silence after everyone left the boardroom felt almost peaceful.Which was concerning.Peaceful silence in my life usually meant something catastrophic was about to happen.Adrian remained near the far end of the table, calm as ever, while Elon stood slightly to my left watching both of us carefully.Smart.At least one person in this room had survival instincts.I set the flash drive down slowly.“Start talking.”Adrian tilted his head slightly.“You say that like I haven’t been talking for the last hour.”“You’ve been performing,” I corrected coldly. “There’s a difference.”A faint smile touched his mouth.Infuriating man.“Elon,” I said without looking away from Adrian, “you should leave.”“No.” He replied.I blinked once.Mostly because people rarely answered me that quickly.Adrian looked delighted already.Excellent.“Elon.”“You said someone’s been targeting the company for weeks,” he replied evenly. “Federal agents are downstairs, your board is panicking, and som
ELON’S POVaThe silence after Fort’s resignation statement felt alive.It felt heavy and yet dangerous.Every person in that boardroom seemed to be recalculating their survival strategy in real time.And somehow, Fort remained the calmest person there.Which honestly should have concerned me more than it already did.“If the records are legitimate,” Fort repeated evenly, “I’ll step down myself.”No hesitation.No panic.Just absolute certainty.The board members exchanged uneasy glances.Because confidence like that only came from two possibilities:Either he was innocent—Or he was terrifyingly good at lying.I knew which one I believed.The problem was convincing everyone else.One of the directors leaned forward sharply.“You’re asking us to trust your word while the company is actively being dragged through the media.”Fort’s expression didn’t change.“I’m asking you not to behave like amateurs.”Mara closed her eyes briefly beside the presentation screen, as she had spiritually
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Elon’s POVThey didn’t take me far.Just down a corridor, through a side passage, and into a room that felt like it had never seen daylight.The moment the door slammed shut behind us, Everything narrowed int
Fort’s POVThe moment the lights went out, something in me shifted.It was the knowledge that something or someone a lot more dangerous than we can assume, wanted that package desperate enough to play dirty.An emo
Fort’s POVThirty minutes, My eyes flicked to my watch again.It had been Thirty Minutes.My jaw clenched slightly as I lowered my wrist, forcing my facial expression to remain neutral as another guest passed by me with a polite smile I didn&







