THE HEIRESS
“But there’s more. The program’s second phase activates in ten days. It pings to an offshore address each time the system cleans its archive. When it does, every duplicate of those files, yours included, will evaporate.”
I folded my arms even though my skin was already cold. “So, in ten days, he erases proof that I ever existed before the Hartmans found me.”
“Exactly,” Adrian said. “No kidnapping victim, no crime scene, no motive.”
Silence fell. Even the storm seemed to hesitate.
Finally, Elias spoke. “What’s the counter?”
“Trace the trigger signal back to its source before the purge activates,” Adrian answered. “Cut the line.”
He sounded calm, but his hands betrayed him: one small tremor be
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