Chapter 20 - A Peaceful Evening Interrupted By A Sinister New Threat
Late one evening after Sorrel had fallen fast asleep in her upstairs bedroom, Hadrian sat reading on the living room sofa.
The coastal wind howled softly against the windowpanes, rattling the glass in a rhythmic, comforting cadence.
Suddenly, his secure encrypted laptop on the coffee table blinked with a silent, incoming priority alert message.
Hadrian frowned, setting his book aside and tapping the screen to open the encrypted military-grade communication app.
A single line of text appeared on the dark display, sent from an untraceable proxy server located overseas.
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“The Vanessa trial was a local distraction, Hadrian. The real syndicate audit is just beginning.” Hadrian’s eyes narrowed instantly, recognizing the specific cryptographic watermark hidden at the bottom of the message.
It was the exact same insignia that had haunted his late father’s private business dealings before the corporate collapse.
