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“Didn’t Crypris try to hire you?”
“I think. Some woman reached out to me a few times maybe.” I smirk. “A lot of people try to hire me.”
“That makes you sound like a whore.”
“Rebel!” I shout. The screen splits in half as Rebel joins.
“She only said it wascool,” Magic tells Rebel.
“That something could be completely untraceable? She said that was just ‘cool’?”
“Yes, she said cool.” Fuck me. Now Rebel? She’s excellent at reading people.
“Maybe she is a little whore after all.”
“Why was I excited to see you?” I roll my eyes.
“It’s Bartow, isn’t it?”
Heat blooms through my face.
“He’s handsome.” Rebel wiggles her eyebrows. Then she lets out a small scream after I hear a slap that I know landed on her ass. “I was just teasing my friend,” she pouts.
“Watch it,” I hear her husband say. She sticks her tongue out at him. They might be married now, but she still clearly loves pushing his buttons.
“All right. Hit me with it before your husbands pounce on you so I can get a start on whatever it is you’re about to get me into.”
The screens that line the other wall start to light up with information. Blueprints of buildings, classified information, and a very detailed run-through of Vane Bartow.
“He’s predictable for the most part,” Magic says. I glance over his schedule.
“Too predictable,” I mutter, already getting sucked into Crypris … and Vane Bartow.
2
VANE
“Not a single radar ping.” I sit back in my chair as I watch the drone’s video feed. It soars over my estate, the entire thing like a giant bird of prey, one that can’t be seen by the human eye or sensed by any tech currently available.
“No heat signature, not even a sound.” Cass hits a few keys and pulls up another camera, one set below the drone. “Check it out.” She points to the screen.
As far as anyone knows, it’s a clear blue sky. The camera doesn’t detect the drone, not even a hint of it rippling through the image. It’s almost a ton of metal and tech, but it may as well be a ghost.
“The military is going to cream itself for this.” Cass grins and runs a hand across her buzz cut.
“They would.” I tap a key and start the autopilot landing sequence. “But I didn’t create this for the war machine.”
She arches a brow. “Then what’s the plan?”
“The plan is already in action. My trap is set. A tiny leak to a certain hacker has piqued my quarry’s interest. So much so, in fact, that she’s planning a little visit to my R&D campus.” I can’t help my smirk. Leaving a very specific trail of breadcrumbs wasn’t particularly easy, especially considering who I’m intending to lure. I had to make it seem as if my top-secret tech was being leaked unbeknownst to me. As if I’d ever allow such a thing–but I played the part, leaving certain unhackable systems with the door ever-so-slightly ajar. A tiny sliver of space for Ocean and her crew to sneak in, get a look, and duck back out.
“Are we trapping who Ithinkwe’re trapping?” Cass asks.
I nod.
She lets out a long breath. “You really think she’s going to fall for it?”
“How would she know it’s a trap?” I shrug. “She has no idea I’m on to her.”
