Heart of stone
“But they’ve got a sophisticated intrusion detection system. I’m bypassing it now.”
May watched the lines of code scroll past, her heart pounding in her chest. She had set up a series of monitoring programs, acting as a digital lookout, scanning for any signs of intrusion or counterattack.
“I’m seeing something,” she said, her voice barely above a whisper. “A spike in network activity. Someone’s onto us.”
Alex’s fingers flew across the keyboard, his movements becoming even more frantic. “I’m almost in,” he said, his voice strained. “Just need to bypass this last layer of encryption.”