The Billionaire’s Blood Debt: Ruined by My Enemy
I typed the manual disconnect command on instinct, my finger slipping against the cold edge of the mechanical keys.
I hit enter.
Only after the key clicked did my mind register the typo.
Instead of a clean, green exit confirmation, the monitor erupted in a sudden, bright flash of red.
WARNING: DISCONNECT FAILED. SECURE REMOTE BRIDGE ACTIVE.
My fingers froze on the keys, my chest going tight.
I hadn't shut down the link. Because my hand had shaken, I had accidentally opened a direct, unsecured network connection between Killian's master console and Thatcher's servers.
The auction was in forty-eight hours.