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CHAPTER 179: UNEXPECTED TRUTH

Author: Lizzy Fash
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-08-15 15:59:55

CIARA

The Diamond network wasn't built with blind spots. If there were gaps in the system, they existed because I wanted them there.

Just after midnight, Mathew pulled the London server logs for his investigation. He was careful, painfully careful but he still made one mistake. A tiny fluctuation. Three milliseconds. Most people would never have noticed the slight delay in the encrypted handshake between his study and the Zurich forensic servers.

I did.

He'd forgotten something important.

I'd
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