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

"I can create dummy files with embedded trackers. When they're opened on another system, we'll know the

can you set

"I'll create a special portal that looks

regular system but contains only

yet. Not even Alexander,"

Camille and Hannah explained their

beneath her chin.

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

Camille confirmed.

us as an unwitting double agent than as

slightly. "And the risk?

information he passes causes

"We'll

"The files will appear genuine to anyone who doesn't know our

the window where the Phoenix Grid control center was visible

in your approach," she

unlocked! sed early in my career. A competitor had placed someone

like Rode has done with Walsh

to face them. "Instead, I kept him close. Fed him exactly what I wanted my competitor to know. When they moved against me based on

moment. "You're not just reacting anymore.

false portal. "Everything Walsh accesses will be logged and tracked. Any files he copies will contain hidden markers that will activate

will you deploy

"Walsh always accesses the system between 2:00 and

in the Grid's

system.

would be immediately contained and would identify exactly who was

defending anymore. This is about setting

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

to implement it, Victoria gestured for Camille

ago would never have conceived of such a strategy. She would have reacted with immediate retribution." Camille nodded. “That woman was

"And now?"

satisfaction. It's about patience,