Naomi’s Pov;

The air in the northern base changed overnight.

It wasn’t something you could see, but something you could feel like a vibration under the skin. Conversations quieted when Cassian entered a room. Doors started closing faster. Even the guards carried their rifles differently, eyes scanning corners they used to ignore.

Someone had breached our system again.

By dawn, Cassian had the entire operations floor running. Screens flickered with encrypted data streams, names flashing red as Mara locked down access routes. Rubio was barking orders through comms, his voice tight with exhaustion.

I stood at the edge of the chaos, trying to piece together what was happening.

“Another leak?”...