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Asher’s POV Callaghan stepped forward. “You really don’t want to keep talking, Crowne.”“Oh, but I do,” Philip said, his gaze never breaking from Asher. “Because you’re not here for justice. You’re here for her. To prove she was never one of us. That she didn’t know what we were doing. Am I right?”Asher didn’t answer. His jaw flexed once, twice, his silence a hardness that needed no words.“I thought so,” Philip continued softly, as if they were old friends reminiscing over a ruined chessboard. “But you’re too late, Asher. The damage was done years ago. The files, the lies, the buried truths, they all serve their purpose. Even if you drag me out of here in handcuffs, the game won’t end. Because you’re still playing it.”The officers behind Callaghan shifted like coiled ropes. Callaghan’s face was a mask, professional, unreadable, but Asher could see the impatience at the corner of his eye. He’d wanted this moment clean: a room, an arrest, then the long, hard work of undoing what ha

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Asher’s POVThe server room smelled like cold metal and dust, sterile, humming quietly with the energy of a hundred blinking lights. Asher hadn’t expected a shrine of evidence. He had expected a folder, a few lines of transactions, maybe the smoking gun. What they’d found made the air feel thicker, as if gravity had doubled.Project Eclipse glowed on the secure drive like a wound.Callaghan moved through the racks like a man who’d lived in places like this before. He hadn’t smiled since they’d led Philip Crowne away. That wasn’t the mood for smiles. Instead, his jaw worked as he scanned line after line: shell companies, offshore transfers, front vendors that didn’t exist, money siphoned through layers until it landed in accounts that had nothing to do with business and everything to do with power.“They’ve been careful,” Callaghan said, almost to himself. “But not careful enough.”Nolan was already here, tablet in hand, every muscle taut. “They fingerprinted dozens of accounts back

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Asher’s POV Asher sighed, rubbing his temple. “Yeah. You’re still on my payroll, Nolan. But right now, this case matters more than company lines. If your skills can speed things up, then that’s where I want you.”That earned him a faint grin. “Got it. I’ll keep you updated every step of the way.”“Good,” Asher said. “And keep everything logged, every move, every file, every handoff. If this goes to court, I don’t want anyone saying the evidence got lost or tampered with.”“Understood,” Nolan said. “I’ll make sure everything’s clean. If Crowne’s people try to erase anything, I’ll catch it before they can blink.”Asher gave him a look of quiet trust. “I know you will. Just be careful, alright? This isn’t just about data anymore. These people don’t play fair.”Nolan zipped up his laptop bag and nodded once. “I’ll watch my back,” he said simply. Then, with a quick glance at Callaghan, “Let’s go make them sweat.”Callaghan checked his notes and then looked back at Asher. “We have to move

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