SCORNED EX WIFE Queen Of Ashes (Camille and Stefan)

Chapter 110

The clock on the wall of the control room read 3:17 AM as

Camille stood by Hannah Zhao's workstation, watching streams of code flicker across multiple screens. A faint blue glow bathed the room in ethereal light, casting long shadows across the faces of the twelve er six hours.

“It's time,” Hannah said, looking up at Camille with red-

rimmed eyes that nonetheless sparkled with determination. "The first section of the Grid is ready for activation."

Camille nodded, her heart pounding against her ribs. "Everyone in position?”

Through her earpiece, Alexander's steady voice confirmed, "Security teams are in place. The suspected saboteur is

working on the east junction, thinking he's alone while preparing the final circuits."

"And whoever it is has no idea we've replaced everything?" Camille asked Hannah.

Hannah's lips curved into a smile that

held no humor. "Not unless they actually test the components, which doesn't appear to be part of their instructions. Whoever it is, they're following the sabotaged plans to the letter, installing modified circuits tha seventy-two hours after full activation."

Camille took a deep breath, steadying herself against the edge of the desk. This wasn't just a business venture

or even a simple triumph over Rose and Herod. The Phoenix Grid represented something more profound-

her rebirth from the ashes of Camille Lewis into someone new, someone who

created rather than destroyed.

"Let's bring it online," she said quietly.

Hannah's fingers flew across the keyboard. "Initiating power

sequence to Section A. Substation One coming online in five, four, three, two..."

The room fell silent as

the main display showed a schematic of the Grid's first section, a network of intersecting lines spanning six city blocks. For a heart- stopping moment, nothing

happened. Then, one by one, the connection points illuminated, bright blue dots spreading through the network like stars appearing in the evening sky.

"Power flow stable," called out Rishabh from his monitoring station. "All junction points green. Transformer loads at expected levels." "Voltage regulation is holding," added

Elena, her voice tight with concentration. "No fluctuations detected."

"Security protocols

active," said Marcus, his fingers moving rapidly across his keyboard, "No unauthorized access attempts."

Camille found herself holding her breath as the indicators continued to light up across the display. This

was it, the moment they would discover if their countermeasures

had worked, if they had truly managed to outmaneuver Rose and Herod's

sabotage.

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"Section A fully operational," Hannah announced finally, swiveling in her chair to face the room. “Ladies and gentlemen, we have successfully brought the first section of the Phoenix Grid online."

Cheer erupted from the exhausted team, the sound of it washing over Camille like a wave. She closed her eyes briefly, allowing herself to feel the victory.

"Remarkable work," came Victoria's voice from the doorway. Camille hadn't heard her enter. "But I presume we're maintaining appearances?"

following the sabotaged blueprints exactly. Our corrections are invisible unless someone physically inspects the component Victoria nodded, her silver hair catching the blue light from the screens. "And what

speakers. "Currently packing up his tools, looking rather pleased with himself. He

encrypted, but our team picked up the word 'complete.' He thinks his part

stand beside Victoria. "The more confident Rose and Herod feel, the more likely they are to be at the launch

studied the

"I've known many enemies in my time,

as the Prestons. Herod's father would be proud of

"We have something they

through the comm system. "We

data flows. "I've implemented what I

deliberate minor issues

of the normal startup process. If anyone's monitoring our systems remotely, they'll see exactly

hidden flaws preparing to fail

the backup power

"If anything goes wrong, we can shift to alternate circuits

interruption, no explosions,

of emotions as

life. Pride in what they

to destroy it. And something else, a quiet satisfaction

stepping away from the group and walking to the large windows overlooking the

Dawn was still

but New York never truly slept. Lights twinkled in office buildings

apartments, people going

their lives unaware of the battle being waged in the shadows. Somewhere out

reflection stared back at her from the

barely resembled Camille Lewis anymore, that trusting woman who had signed

"Penny for your thoughts?"

He had arrived

in

about who I've become,” she

to make them

you're creating something that

her. "That's the difference between you and Rose. She can only

him. "Do you think she

we've discovered the sabotage?"

his head. "If she

changing plans, making mistakes. Everything

trap is set and

"Two more

said quietly. "Everything

down to that moment."

countered, taking her

grounding. "This project is extraordinary, but

whole

down at

they had first met years

strange that their paths had crossed twice, once when she was simply kind to a stranger, and again

across the

to the central

pulled up a new

an unauthorized access attempt on the main server," Hannah explained, pointing to a flashing indicator. "Someone's trying to

you trace it?" Victoria asked

across the keyboard. "It's

multiple proxies, but..

origin appears to be a penthouse

"Herod's building," Alexander

wondering if their sabotage is working as

give them exactly what

Show them the honeypot data. Let them think everything