Chapter 107 - Chapter 107 – Close Call

The corridor outside Caro's office felt unusually still, as if the entire building had learned how to hold its breath after the last system breach. Peter's footsteps echoed faintly down the executive wing as he moved past compliance access points, his pace slower than usual, not urgent, but focused in a way that made everything around him feel observed. Caro stood inside her office half-turned toward the door, her hand hovering near the secure terminal she had just locked moments earlier, because the encrypted call was still active on her secondary line and she had no time to end it safely. One wrong sound, one misplaced vibration, and everything she had built in silence would collapse inside his reach.