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But my mind reels through the last few weeks—
Every warning. Every red flag we’ve written off as typical Songbird behaviour.
Brie’s faceless contact. The job she was given—hacking into my network.
The breach into King’s Eye. Someone sifted through every feed—Brie’s apartment included. We keep it all on that server. Everyone we’ve ever helped. Every contact. Every name.
What if they didn’t just kill Jennifer to taunt me.
What if theywantedher found.
Lee still hasn’t traced the hacker. No location. No digital fingerprint. Just a ghost behind a screen.
Then—like a match striking dry kindling—Xander’s voice echoes back, sharp and smug in my skull.
I can’t wait to see your face when you realize who it is.
His partner.
The second masked man.
The one who helped him slaughter Brie’s family.
The one who carved those scars into her skin.
The one still out there.
And whoever they are… Iknowthem.
But who?
Before I can tear that thought open, a shrill alarm shatters the silence—sharp enough to spike my pulse straight to my throat.
My phone.
I rip it out of my pocket. The screen glows with a single alert.
It’s from the prototype we’ve been testing—a covert panic system. A silent alarm, triggered with a single tap on the King’s Eye panic button we built into the app. One day, it’ll broadcast a high priority alert to my entire network, triangulate the location, deploy help in seconds.
But right now?
Right now, it pings only me.
This one came from Lee’s phone—through the beta version he installed last month.
Triggered frominsidemy apartment.
Brie.
Chapter Thirty-Eight
Brie
Lola:
Deal made. Money is in your account now.
Me:
