SCORNED EX WIFE Queen Of Ashes (Camille and Stefan)

Chapter 110

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?"

again. "From the outside, it appears we're following the sabotaged blueprints exactly. Our corrections are invisible unless someone physically inspects

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

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

stand beside Victoria. "The more confident Rose

studied the displays,

many enemies in my time,

father would be proud

"We have something they

replied through the comm system. "We know

data flows. "I've implemented what I

minor issues

to be part of the normal startup process. If anyone's monitoring our systems remotely, they'll see exactly what they expect to see; a

hidden flaws preparing to fail

backup power

redundancy, just as you requested," Hannah confirmed. "If anything goes wrong, we can shift to alternate

no

felt a strange mixture of emotions as she

Pride in what they had built.

it. And something else, a

she murmured, stepping away from the group and

Dawn was still

New York never truly slept.

apartments, people going

the shadows. Somewhere out there, Rose and Herod were

reflection stared back at her from the glass-a

than she once was but perhaps stronger for it. She barely resembled Camille Lewis anymore, that trusting woman who had signed divorce papers with quiet dignity before walking into a

"Penny for your thoughts?"

had

hers in the

I've become,” she admitted. "When Victoria found

to make

something that could

for her. "That's the difference between you and Rose. She can only destroy what others

turned to face him. "Do

we've discovered the sabotage?"

shook his head. "If she knew,

making mistakes.

is

"Two more

said quietly. "Everything we've worked for

down to that moment."

countered, taking

"This project

your whole story,

looked down at

hands, remembering the hospital room where they had first met years ago,

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

called from across the room. "You should see

returned to the central console where

up a new

on the main server," Hannah explained, pointing to a

it?"

fingers flew across the

multiple proxies, but..

origin appears to

"Herod's building," Alexander

if their sabotage is

them exactly

the honeypot data. Let them think everything

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