Rachel stormed into the room with a printed copy of Anaïs’s deck.

“She’s trying to steal the migration before we lock the nodes.”

Sophie stood instantly. “What’s the anchor status?”

Camellia replied, “Five of the seven global nodes are still ours. But BelleTech’s bots are attempting override.”

“We need a mirror,” Sophie said. “Isolated. Invisible. Now.”

Camellia’s eyes lit with adrenaline.

“I can do it. But I need 12 hours and full access.”

“Take it,” Sophie said.

Rachel turned. “And if she crashes the gala with a ‘global announcement’?”

Sophie looked into the screen and murmured, “Then we crash her first.”

*****

Alexander found Sophie outside on the garden balcony...