SCORNED EX WIFE Queen Of Ashes (Camille and Stefan)

Chapter 125

Hannah Zhao stared at her computer screen, the blue light reflecting off her glasses as she analyzed access logs to the Phoenix Grid's secure database.

"I found it," she said as Camille approached with coffee. "The leak in our team.”

Camille set down the cups, suddenly alert. "Show me."

Hannah displayed a series of highlighted entries. "Someone's been accessing our secure servers between 2:00 and 3:00 AM three times weekly. Always the same nights, always looking at Grid specifications, s "Do you know who?" Camille asked, leaning closer,

Hannah nodded grimly. "I installed a silent tracker last week." She opened another

window showing screenshots. "It's Walsh."

"The maintenance technician who installed the

modified circuits?" Camille's eyes narrowed.

"The same. We were watching his physical access, but overlooked his digital footprint." Hannah pulled up financial records. "He's still receiving payments from an offshore account." "Rose," Camille said, the name like a curse.

"I've prepared termination paperwork," Hannah continued. "Security can escort him out today."

Camille didn't respond immediately, her expression shifting from anger to calculation.

"Don't fire him," she said finally.

"What?" Hannah looked up, startled. "But he's leaking critical information!"

"Exactly. And now that we know, we can control what information he leaks." Camille straightened. "We've been on the defensive with Rose and Herod for too long. It's time we took control."

"You want to feed him false information?"

"Not just false, misleading. Information that serves our purposes." Camille pulled up a chair. "What if Walsh received access to files suggesting vulnerability in the Grid's west junction? Nothing that would actuall Understanding dawned in Hannah's eyes. "We create a trap, and they walk right into it."

"Better yet, when they act on this information, we'll know exactly where they'll be and what they'll be targeting."

said, fingers already moving across

trackers. When they're opened on

can you set it

tonight," Hannah promised. "I'll create a special portal that looks

our regular system but contains only

Alexander," Camille instructed. "We need

and Hannah explained their

beneath her chin.

Victoria said finally, "you want to manipulate it. Use their

confirmed. "Walsh

to us as an unwitting double agent than as

"And the

the information he

"We'll

data he sees," Hannah explained. "The files will appear genuine to anyone who doesn't know

to the window where the Phoenix Grid control center was visible in the

your

A competitor had placed someone in

has done with Walsh Everyone advised

competitor to know. When they moved against me based on that information, they found themselves outman Camille

a long moment. "You're not just reacting anymore. You're anticipating, planning three moves ahead.

for the false portal. "Everything Walsh accesses will be logged and tracked. Any files he copies will contain hidden

will you deploy this?"

system between 2:00

identified a junction box in the Grid's western

system.

attempt to exploit this 'vulnerability' would be immediately contained and would identify exactly

appreciation. "This isn't just about defending anymore. This is about setting a trap,

from the beginning," Camille said. "This is our

left to implement it, Victoria gestured for Camille to

She would have reacted with immediate retribution." Camille nodded. “That woman was defined by her wounds, her need

"And now?"

about