Mystery Bride's Revenge (Selina)

Chapter 29

Selina's mentor always told her straight-in this world, she gotta have her own rules. Didn't sweat getting stronger or shouldering more weight, but never stomped on her own values or dinched her conscience. With her mad skills, Selina could've gone rogue-a total nightmare, losing herself untill she was as good as a walking dead. She took those words to heart and lived by them from day one on the Dark Web. Most jobs Charm took were about swiping secrets from companies or fighting off other hackers. Her big name brought in the crowds, otherwise, with laying down some serinus law, she'd never land any gigs. The Dark Web crowd, people throwing up jobs, weren't any saims.

Many people wanted to dig up who Charm really was, hoping to snag her for themselves. Her reputation alone freaked out the big shots. This gig though... it was all about snatching back a secret file Frehur had swiped from Clusia, Deadline: 24 hours. They needed Selina and fast.

new

This caught Selina off guard-she quirked an eyebrow. She'd been Charm for two years and jobs like this, they just didn't come by often. Bigwigs usually didn't even bay that Dark Web hackers were real deals. But since they hit her up desperately, she thought that paper had to be hot. Selina mulled it over for a second, and then shot back a message [OK]

The admin hooked her up with the client, all anonymous-like. They hammered out the gig details, double-checked who she was, and the payout. Then Selina got cracking, working through the night.

Came first light. Selina stretched out the kinks and sent the stolen secrets to the buyer. A quick cleanup of her tracks, and she was a ghost, Buyers didn't see that kind of speed every day. Took them a good ten minutes to reply: [Thank you.]

Charm: [Money talks. I fix messes, zero fuss]

to team up

think twice before giving it away to a charity in the mountains-a cause close to her

one of the rules she set for herself as a Dark Web hotshot. She couldn't turn down the dough without blowing her cover, but by funneling it

that her cash flow was raising

dude reported after poking around. This charity's squeaky clean. They don't play with dirty money, and they barely skim enough to keep the lights on D's pretty much a beacon of hope in charity these days" He wrapped up his report and looked at the seasoned gentleman behind him. "Captain Brady, you're probably right-Charm might just

They were hooked not just by her mind-blowing tactics but because she stuck to her guns like no other hacker around-steering clear of messing with her country or

was Clasian through

daughter's name

the loop. Trevon's gone and got himself hitched How come you, his dad, know allch about his own wedding! And

poison ivy, so picturing some gal snagging Trevon's heart was tough. Samuel

on top of Trevon's love life, I'll take charge. I'm crashing the Brady manor today to see this new sister-in-law who's won Treven over! Catch ya

heavy sigh. Trevon's got a girl,

head home. You've been locked down in this institute for weeks-don't forget your

leave things with you then. With the Charin puzzle piece sorted, Samuel figured it was high