Page 126 of BounBound By Scars

Silence.

My breath sawed in and out of me, harsh and broken. I was trembling now. Not from fear. No. This was something else.

Something darker.

They knew.

They fuckingknewabout Sentrix.

My vision blurred, red-hot fury rising so fast I thought I’d vomit. My hands curled into fists, nails digging half-moons into my palms. Every instinct in me screamed to destroy something—everything—because this wasn’t just a breach.

It was a goddamn invasion.

My world, my secrets, my family… her.

They knew about Amelia’s fragile state.

They knew about Leora’s parents. Iris.Kavya.

My fucking parents.

And Kaylan’s…

Fuck.Fuck!

How deep did this go? Informant at Blackthorn? Had we been compromised from day one?

Maybe this wasn’t a remote breach, after all.

Goddammit!

This wasn’t blackmail. This wasn’t a threat.

This was war. And the first battlefield wasn’t a bunker or a boardroom.

It was me.

TWENTY-NINE

Kabir

I couldn’t keep my gaze steady.

Every person I looked at felt like a suspect.

The five core staffers at Blackthorn’s Command Center all had high-level clearance. Any one of them could’ve accessed my room. Could’ve hackedDaLia.

Spencer.

Abigail.

Cody.

Maverick.

Harshita.

Hell, even the bar manager, Kent, was giving me bad vibes.

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