“Rose, are you sure this is the guy you meant?” Markus glanced at the address glowing on his phone. The place they were heading looked filthy — an abandoned warehouse on the city’s outskirts. “He could be dangerous. Adrian fired him for a reason.”

Rosemary exhaled deeply, her eyes sharp as she stared at the dusty structure ahead. “I don’t have any other choice, Markus. Cassandra erased every trace — every piece of evidence. He’s the only one who can recover it.”

Markus swallowed hard. “They used to call him Phantom in the security team. A hacker who could break through any firewall. Even Adrian’s system got breached once —...