Chapter 1040

Callum hauled over the laptop and dragged an extra chair up for Atticus to sit down and get cracking on hacking the surveillance system on the spot.

The pressure was on; they knew that Lysander might have already rallied his tech troops and started scouring the monitors.

A second’s delay could blow their cover wide open.

Wiping the surveillance footage clean was critical, a race against time.

Atticus booted up the laptop, and his little fingers danced across the keyboard at lightning speed. His cute, boyish features were a mask of serious concentration, so absorbed in his task that the world around him might as well not exist.

Thalassa, the other three kids, Evelyn, and Callum huddled around Atticus, watching in awe as his fingers blurred over the keys, almost creating afterimages.

They were all breathing slowly as if treading on eggshells, terrified of distracting him.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the town, Lysander’s ten coding elites was also in nonstop action.

the Starhaven

tech wizards were

wiped. It was

storm. How could he

audio! Pull up every camera around Star Harbor Villa and check every road!” Lysander commanded with the authority he

the plane taking off from the Star Harbor Villa’s courtyard. The plane’s noise would be audible throughout

wouldn’t be disturbed by the flight, the sound of the plane would be

“Right away!”

hacking into a different intersection’s

smile crack his concentrated expression. “Done.” he announced

was astounded – it had only taken

had told him it would

two, erasing the footage without a trace.

most unexpected places; those

was out of the picture. Without it, Lysander would have a much tougher

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