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

embedded trackers. When they're opened on

you set

"I'll create a special

our regular system but contains only the files we want Walsh to

Not even Alexander," Camille instructed.

Hannah explained their discovery and proposed response,

beneath her chin.

"you want

Camille confirmed.

unwitting double agent than as a fired

"And the

or if the information he passes causes

"We'll

of data he sees," Hannah explained. "The files will appear genuine to

window where the Phoenix

in your approach,"

in my career. A competitor

has done with Walsh Everyone advised

wanted my competitor to know. When they moved

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

Walsh accesses will be logged and tracked. Any files he

will you deploy this?" Victoria

system between 2:00 and 3:00 AM on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and

hour, the three women constructed an elaborate deception. They identified a junction box in the Grid's western sector

system.

exploit this 'vulnerability' would be immediately contained and would identify

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

the terms of this battle from the beginning," Camille said. "This is our chance to

to implement it, Victoria gestured for Camille

observed. "The woman I found eighteen months ago would never have conceived of such a strategy. She would have reacted

"And now?"

understand that true power isn't about immediate satisfaction. It's about patience, strategy, control." Camille