The security firm arrived at seven AM, before her staff.
Aurora had arranged it the night before—not through her usual corporate security vendor, not through anyone whose name appeared in any contract associated with Rora AI. A firm she'd researched privately, paid through a personal account, booked under the name of a holding company that connected back to her through four degrees of separation. The kind of arrangement that took three hours to set up correctly and required the specific patience of someone who understood that the details were the difference between a clean operation and a compromised one.
Two technicians. Both cleared. Both told only that a client needed a sweep—private, thorough, and discreet.
