AUTHOR'S POVServers hummed with a high-pitched, abrasive whine, vibrating directly through the metal grated floor of the Packhouse sublevel.The neon blue indicator lights blinked rapidly in the freezing, hyper-cooled air of the server room. The large underground chamber smelled of hot copper wire and sterile plastic. Alpha Magnus hated this room. It lacked the visceral, bloody reality of a physical fight, but he understood the devastating power of the digital grid.His goal was absolute isolation. He needed to cut the financial strings keeping the puppet moving.Standing behind a curved, ergonomic desk, Magnus crossed his massive arms. He loomed over the hunched, trembling figure of Aris, the pack’s head cyber-security technician."You are moving too slowly," Magnus growled, his deep voice easily overpowering the hum of the servers.Aris flinched, his fingers freezing over the glowing mechanical keyboard. Sweat beaded heavily on his pale forehead, slicking his thin blonde hair. He p
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