Sunrise Security Breach Novels & Stories

“Some of them are scared of the wrong thing.” Jenna turned to him. He met her gaze evenly. “This isn’t just financial theft. It’s infrastructure. Access. Security. Whoever did this planned for you never to come back.” A chill crept beneath her skin. “Then they underestimated me.” Steeve nodded once. In that moment, he was no longer just a survivor. He was her shield. ——— The alert came just before midnight. Security breach. Not digital. Physical. Jenna’s phone rang—only a handful of people possessed this internal line.

And I don’t like that. Not one bit. Declan leans slightly against the desk, arms folded, eyes already on the system. “Password?”He asks, but I don’t answer right away, because the answer has been sitting in my head since the moment she told me I knew it. Six months ago, the first shipment disappeared without a trace when our systems got breached, it was the most cleanest and efficiently sneak attack we had ever encountered, the hacker left no traces, no signature just one message to let us know we’ve been hacked!

He smirked down at me. “Something you want, Honeybear?” I made a fishy-face at him, cheeks sucked in and my pursed lips opening and closing. That improved his mood, a laugh springing from his chest before he too made fishy-lips at me and pressed them to mine. I loved moments like that: sweet and tender. They were the times I was happiest, the times when Nathan was just Nathan, if only for a moment. It was halfway through the next week when the relationship between Sadie and Will came out, no longer a rumor. We were all gathered in one of the large conference rooms, crammed in the small space, as Jack made the announcement that Sadie had submitted her resignation.

Suddenly, a sharp, piercing vibration shattered the silence of the master suite. The sound was coming from the nightstand on my side of the bed—a frantic, high-pitched electronic chime flashing on the encrypted tablet that housed my new 50% administrative clearance keys. I slid carefully from beneath his heavy arm, my bare feet sinking into the rug as I grabbed the device. The screen was flashing a violent, systemic crimson. Automated Security Alert: Core Mainland Breach.

"She may have wandered into the western canyons." Guilt gnawed at my insides as I watched the fear on everyone's faces. Lisa had been loved. But sacrifices were necessary in war, I told myself. That afternoon, I sat in Kieran's office, discussing the "breach" I'd found that morning. "The sensors were bypassed professionally," I explained. "Someone who knows our security systems." Kieran's eyes narrowed. "An inside job?" I paused, as if reluctant. "I don't want to suggest anything, but... the breach occurred shortly after Sienna toured the perimeter yesterday."

Security was airtight. No disturbances. No chaos. But as I stepped offstage, adrenaline crashing through my veins, Dominic approached quietly. “Sir,” he said to Cassian, voice low. Cassian’s focus sharpened instantly. “What.” “There’s been a breach.” My heart stopped. “Where?” Cassian demanded. “Dr. Moore’s office.” The words hit like impact. “What kind of breach?” I asked, already knowing. “Arson.” The world tilted. “Anyone hurt?” I breathed.

I forgot how to breath, forgot what I was there to do in the first place. As I was thinking of the next line of action to take, the monitors suddenly all synchronized. All the three screens present at the same time. I turned to face the man behind me, and I heard him swearing under his breath. "Shit..." I heard him raise the radio, but I didn't care, and I didn't wait. "Security breach in sub basement 3. We've got an unauthorized access event..." There was no time to waste. I quickly grabbed the hard drive, connectef to the tig, and the next, I yanked it free.

“You were aware Mr Cole’s brother, Daniel Cole, discussed your access at a dinner two days before the breach.” “I learned that after the breach,” I said. “Not before.” “How can we be certain of that.” “Because I was in the penthouse the entire night of the breach,” I said. “Security cameras in the lobby and the elevator confirm I did not leave the building. The breach originated from a Singapore IP address. I have never been to Singapore. I don’t own a VPN. Your client does.” Patricia Glenn paused. “That’s an assumption,” she said.

An icy rage ignited in my chest. I whirled around on my heel to block the entrance, trying to stop my wife from coming any further into the bloodstained room, but she shoved past my arm, her jaw set and body shivering. She had told me she wanted to know everything about my life, and I couldn’t hide the dark reality of my life from her anymore. “Did the cameras capture anything?” I demanded, turning to my lead security detail. Ray shook his head, his face pale in the dim fluorescent lighting. “The cameras went dark thirty seconds before the breach, boss. It was a clean, targeted hit.”