ALEXANDER I didn’t want to believe it.Not Liora. Not her. And certainly not Charlie…I trusted her. I had trained Charlie myself, guided him, tested him. I believed in the loyalty of my team, in the integrity of my circle. And yet, the logs, the access data, the subtle traces— it all pointed to something else.A sense of disbelief settled over me at first, but it was there for a moment only, and then quickly gave way to sharp, calculated anger. Not a blind rage, not explosive. No, it was cold and methodical.I sat back in my chair, gaze fixed on the wall of monitors before me. The office was silent, the lights dimmed. Outside, the city’s glow bled through the blinds, but I hardly noticed. My thoughts were consumed…Elowen.She didn’t know I know. She hadn’t told me anything yet. She was still trapped in her own swirl of doubt, trying to make sense of the footprints left behind by someone meticulous, someone dangerous. Someone who wanted to unsettle her, to manipulate her.And she w
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