CASH FLOW SYSTEM
Through a concealed ear-piece hidden under her dark hair, Sloane heard a faint static click, followed by Julian’s low, urgent voice.
"Sloane, I'm initiating the synthetic mirror payload now," Julian murmured through the earpiece. "I’ve constructed a dummy validation handshake. The system will receive an encrypted packet that looks like my private digital signature executing the short sale, but it’s routed into a dead loop. It will think you complied."
Sloane swallowed hard, keeping her face completely impassive as she looked out at the rain-slicked city. "Understood," she thought silently, hoping the micro-transceiver caught her soft exhale.