CHAPTER 6 — The Prison Letter That Changed Everything
Three years passed.
Phoenix Systems had become one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity companies in the world. Governments hired us. Hospitals trusted us. Banks relied on software built with one rule engraved into every line of code:
No empire should ever belong to one person.
One rainy morning, my assistant walked into my office holding a plain white envelope.
"No return address."
I opened it.
Only one sentence was written inside.
You punished the wrong man. Camille was never the mastermind. — Adrian
No signature.
No apology.
Just those words.
I almost laughed.
After everything he had done, he was still trying to manipulate me.
I tossed the letter into the shredder.
Then my chief of security rushed inside.
"Mara..."
"You need to see this."
A hidden cryptocurrency wallet had suddenly awakened after three years of silence.
Balance:
$2.8 Billion.
Owner:
Unknown.
The wallet contained a single transaction note.
HELLO, MARA.
My blood ran cold.
I had destroyed every account.
Every backup.
Every offshore vault.
There should have been nothing left.
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Someone had rebuilt Adrian's empire from the shadows.
And they wanted me to know.
