Chapter 6 - The Maid Finds Hidden Surveillance Equipment Behind Mirrors

I slipped into the east wing guest suite while the security detail rotated their shifts at noon.
Using a small pocket screwdriver my father had given me, I unscrewed the decorative brass frame of the hallway mirror.
Behind the heavy glass sat a compact, custom-built transmission module wired directly into the estate’s power grid.
It wasn't a standard security camera.
It was a continuous audio-video relay streaming every whispered conversation in the private living quarters.
Someone hadn't just been poisoning Gideon; they had been listening to his every breath.
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I disconnected the power wire with a steady hand, pocketing the tiny microchip module.
A floorboard creaked loudly in the corridor outside the guest room door.
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