No Way Back by Anna Mac

Chapter 7

Chapter 7 Queen’s Back

Jane wanted a cheap hotel for two reasons: the first was to save money, and the second was to conceal her location from others. She didn’t want to stay in a hotel that required ID registration because if she did, it wouldn’t make a difference if she wore a mask and hat because her photo and other personal information would already be out in the open. She didn’t want to take that risk.

The driver, a seasoned cabbie, was very familiar with the surrounding area. As he considered how to get to the hotel, a look of bewilderment quickly spread across his face.

“Excuse me, miss, did you just come down from the top of the mountain? Isn’t that the Fowler family’s villa? You look a bit familiar like I’ve seen you somewhere before…” The driver said, trying to piece it together.

As he spoke, the radio returned to its discussion of the Fowler family and the identity of the true heiress, Jane.

“I’m not the Fowler family’s heiress. I have no ties to them,” Jane stated coolly.

The driver scratched his head, embarrassed. “I’m sorry, miss, but today there’s just too much gossip about the Fowler family…”

“It’s fine,” Jane said, waving her hand.

Soon, Jane arrived at a nearby hotel, paid the fare, and checked into a room.

Jane tossed her bags to the side and pulled out her cell phone, dialing a number. “The vast sky is my love, the flowers are blooming on the mountainside” started playing as the ringtone,

Someone’s excited voice came through: “Queen! Yes, I did just get your call. Oh my God! You said you were leaving the Darknet, and I didn’t think you’d be back.”

Jane took the phone away because she seemed to know that the person on the other end of the line would be so excited and loud.

Then, after some consideration, she said, “Andy, I’m sorry, but I really need some cash, and I’m looking for a job.”

Andy exclaimed on the other end of the phone, “Are you coming back? Oh my God! The Darknet will shake from the news of that! Queen, with your status and reputation, finding work shouldn’t be hard for you. Wait for me!”

that, Andy hung up the

An old bronze door with a blood–red skull emblazoned on it appeared on the screen, and a hoarse, alien voice said, “Welcome back,

name implied, was

were tasks that most people would never

the Darknet and become a sponsor, one had to be qualified and have enough money and power. They couldn’t get in if they

administrators. Therefore, the people who could

one of them. She was known simply as “Queen,” and she was a

commotion when Jane finally logged on this time. When

messages asking how everything was going and

to “Back on board.” Because of this one sentence, the Darknet was thrown into chaos as if a major

and jumped for joy

was the first person to find a way through Meridonia’s impossible–to–break firewall and hack into it. This caused the firewall’s

the implication that she was the best hacker in the world and that nothing had escaped her prying

closed her account a month ago,

to them now because

joy at this news because Queen was a goddess

“Queen, there’s a mission here. They need you to hack the firewall of a terrorist organization. 750 thousand dollars,

Jane quickly

her capacity as a hacker, Jane needed to adhere to specific standards. Before anything else, it wouldn’t pose a threat to

though Jane was famous on the Darknet, there were

Darknet were often involved in some sort of shady business. That was why the work that Andy had just introduced was exactly the kind

code and programming

joking with Andy, she quickly broke through the

got it

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