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Chapter 5: The trace
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2025-11-19 23:06:11She showed up earlier than she meant to Not because she was eager, but because her brain wouldn’t shut up long enough to let her stay home.
She scanned the access card, stepped into the penthouse, and headed straight for the office without wasting time looking around.
Kian was already there, focused on one screen like the world depended on whatever it was showing him He barely glanced up
“You’re early,” he said,
“You said this was urgent”
“It is”
He moved aside so she could sit,The logs were already pulled up She skimmed them and felt her stomach drop a little.
“Another intrusion,” she said, “Small, but deliberate”
“Yes” His voice was tight “Your thoughts?”
“They’re checking your system again Same pattern,Same hand behind it.”
Kian’s jaw tensed “Can we trace them yet?”
“No They’re still hiding”
She kept scrolling He watched her closely, too closely, and she could feel it even without looking at him.
Then she saw it one tiny detail that didn’t belong, something that wasn’t loud but carried a very specific rhythm A rhythm she’d hoped she’d never see again.
Her fingers froze for half a second
Kian caught it immediately “What was that?”
“Nothing”
“Asha”
She hated how he said her name like he could pull truth out of her even when she didn’t give it.
“It looks familiar,” she admitted quietly “From something I handled a long time ago.”
“Someone you worked with?”
“Someone I crossed paths with,” she corrected “Not the same thing”
“Does this person pose a threat to you?”“That’s not relevant”
“That’s not an answer”
She shot him a look,“Drop it. I don’t have enough information yet”.
He didn’t like that, but he let it go for now.
She dug deeper into the dat Every line confirmed the same thing the intruder wasn’t guessing. They knew exactly where to move and what to avoid They knew the system like it was familiar territory.
Kian paced behind her, slow and controlled. “How long until you can identify them?”
“I don’t know,” she said honestly“These kinds of people don’t slip up early”
“And you think this one will?”
“If I push hard enough,” she said. “But I need space to work”
“You have it”
She kept typing, but the back of her mind wouldn’t stay quiet
That pattern
That familiar style
She’d spent months trying to outrun the person who wrote code like that.
And here they were dancing on her screen again again.
After an hour, her concentration started cracking, Her eyes burned, her head throbbed, and even Kian noticed.
“You need a break,” he said
“I will After this.”
“Asha”
She exhaled, frustrated with herself, not him “Fine”.
She pushed away from the desk, grabbed her things, and stood.
“I’ll be back tomorrow,” she said “Early”
“Good” He paused“And if anything changes tonight just call me ”
She nodded once and headed for the elevator. She didn’t breathe until the doors shut between them.
Walking out of the building felt like stepping out of pressure, But the second she hit the street, the weight came right back.
That signature didn’t belong to a stranger she She knew exactly who it pointed to.
And the second Kian figured that out, everything between them would get a lot more complicated than a security breach.
Asha kept walking, pretending her pulse wasn’t in her throat.Tomorrow she’d face him again,
Tomorrow she’d keep pretending she wasn’t hiding something.
But tonight?
Tonigh
t she needed to disappear before the truth caught up.
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