Chapter 4

The moment Round Two began, Kestrel turned the pressure up another level.

They weren’t probing anymore.

They were tearing into Westbridge.

Sweat beaded across Ethan’s forehead as he led the offense, but Kestrel’s defense seemed to see him coming before he moved. He changed proxy routes again and again. Every one of them was identified.

On defense, Vanessa scrambled to patch breach after breach, lips pressed into a bloodless line.

Voices overlapped through the team comms.

“Port-scan frequency is spiking!”