SCORNED EX WIFE Queen Of Ashes (Camille and Stefan)

Chapter 208

Stefan burst through the doors of Kane Industries at three in the morning, his face pale with urgency. The security guard looked startled at the intrusion, but Stefan's name was on the authorized visitor list thanks to his recent work helping Camille.

"I need to get to Hannah Zhao immediately," Stefan said, his voice tight with desperation. "It's an emergency."

The elevator ride to the thirty-second floor felt endless. Stefan clutched his phone containing the recording from Pier 47, knowing that what he'd witnessed would change everything. The Guardian's plan would destroy Victoria, Camille's family, and possibly everyone connected to Kane Industries.

He found Hannah still in her engineering lab, surrounded by computer screens displaying code that looked like digital hieroglyphics. Coffee cups and energy drink cans created a fortress around her workspace, evidence of another all-night session fighting the cyber attacks on Kane Industries.

"Stefan?" Hannah looked up from her monitors, her eyes red from exhaustion. "What are you doing here? It's three AM."

"I recorded Alexander's meeting with his contact tonight. They're planning to release false evidence against Victoria in a few hours. Every major news outlet is going to receive fabricated documents claiming she's a mass murderer."

Hannah's face went white. "Show me."

Stefan connected his phone to Hannah's computer system, pulling up the audio and video from the pier meeting. They watched in horrified silence as the masked Guardian outlined his plan to destroy Victoria and anyone protecting her.

"This is insane," Hannah whispered when the recording ended. "He's created an entire false narrative with fake evidence, fake testimony, fake financial records."

"Can you stop it? Can you prevent the story from going public?"

Hannah's fingers were already flying across her keyboard, diving into the digital networks that connected major news organizations. "Maybe. If I can identify how they're planning to distribute the false evidence, I might be able to intercept it before it reaches the media."

"How long do we have?"

"He said by dawn. That gives us maybe three hours." Hannah pulled up multiple screens showing communication networks, server farms, and media distribution systems. "Stefan, this isn't just some amateur operation. Whoever is behind this has professional-grade resources."

"I know. That's what makes it so dangerous."

Hannah began running diagnostic programs, searching for any unusual activity in the networks used by major news organizations. "There," she said, pointing to anomalous data streams. "Someone is preloading large data packages to Bloomberg, CNN, Fox News, The Wall Street Journal. Scheduled for automatic release at six AM."

Stefan felt his heart racing. "Can you stop them?"

"I can try. But Stefan, what we're about to do is technically illegal. We're going to hack into news organization servers and delete information before it can be published."

"Even if that information is false and designed to destroy innocent people?"

Hannah stared at her screens, weighing the moral implications. "If we get caught, we could face federal charges for cyber crimes. Our word against theirs about whether the evidence was fabricated."

"Hannah, if we don't stop this, Victoria could be arrested for murder. Camille's parents could be destroyed. Senator Alvarez's political career could be ruined. All based on lies."

But we need to be smart about this. If I

"What do you suggest?"

We let the truth fight the lies." Hannah's eyes blazed with intellectual fury. "If they want to play dirty

Hannah worked with surgical precision, identifying each false document in the Guardian's media packages and preparing replacement files. The real court

muttered as she analyzed the fabricated evidence. "They didn't just edit existing documents. They created completely fake testimony from victims' families,

is this

most intelligence agencies would envy." Hannah paused in her typing. "Stefan, this Guardian person isn't just some grieving relative seeking revenge. This is a professional operation designed

"Which means Alexander

their media attack has been stopped, they'll

access to the news organization servers. "I'm in. I can see the scheduled releases. Bloomberg has a package titled 'Exclusive Investigation: Kane

God," Stefan whispered. "They were going to

like a pianist performing a complex symphony. "But Stefan, this is just the

"Like what?"

Physical destruction of evidence." Hannah's voice was grim.

on Hannah's screens, seeing false documents being systematically replaced with truth.

publish at six AM. By then, instead of fabricated evidence against Victoria, they'll have real documentation showing the Meridian Technologies factory explosion was caused

enough to

violations." Hannah looked up from her computers. "But Stefan,

failed,

target her directly."

for his phone

"What's happening?" Stefan asked.

is in the system. They're trying to stop what I'm doing." Hannah's face was

battle.

the

He's trying to

then deleted, then re-uploaded. Security protocols being activated and immediately bypassed. Two highly skilled hackers fighting for control of the

win?" Stefan

they're good. Really good." Hannah's typing became more frantic. "They're trying to lock me out of the Bloomberg server. If they succeed, at least one major news outlet will publish the

as the battle raged across Hannah's screens. Green text indicating successful file replacements mixed with red

administrative access to the CNN server. The false documents are

new alerts appeared. "They're retaliating. Someone is trying to crash Kane Industries' entire network. If

in his chest. "What do

immediately. If they can't destroy us with false

It's three-thirty in the morning. What's wrong?" "Camille, you need to get to Victoria's hospital room right now. Someone is planning to attack her, to attack all of you. Hannah and I are

planned to destroy Victoria

this morning. We're stopping the cyber attack, but he might escalate

line went quiet for a