Dominic’s POV

Information is oxygen and lately, I’ve been suffocating.

Z-Core’s networks are locked tighter than I’ve ever seen. Stanley’s paranoia has grown teeth, encrypted firewalls, rotating access keys, internal AI monitors that report deviations within seconds.

It’s no longer a company, it’s a surveillance machine wearing a corporate badge. To break in, I need someone inside.

That’s where Noah Tran comes in. A Level-2 IT specialist. Young, brilliant, underpaid.

We meet ...