Isaac’s POV

I was the one who called Adam away. I shouldn’t have done it, I should have let Elina figure it out, but… in that moment, I felt she needed a hand.

I leaned back in my chair, my gaze fixed on the endless wall of monitors that lit up the darkened room. The hum of servers echoed softly in the background like a second heartbeat. Each screen displayed a live feed from a different part of the city—streets, subways, and rooftops. The ...