RISE OF THE SECRET HEIR
Suddenly, his black satellite phone buzzed silently on the nightstand, its screen illuminating the dark room with a stark, cold light.
Ethan moved with silent precision. He carefully lifted Chloe’s arm off his chest, slipped out from beneath the covers, and picked up the device.
He walked out to the darkened living room, his bare feet making no sound against the polished floorboards. He unlocked the phone.
It wasn't a standard text or an email. It was a single, heavily encrypted binary file sent from an untraceable, burner dark-net node.
Ethan tapped the screen, authorizing the decryption sequence. The phone screen flickered twice before opening a massive, detailed financial dossier.