CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FOUR - The Silence Before the Chaos

Deonna found herself questioning the wisdom of her plan. Had she underestimated the potential fallout? Was she inadvertently causing more harm to the company in her desperate attempt to catch the saboteur? Logan, too, was feeling the pressure. The board was growing increasingly impatient with the lack of concrete results from the internal investigation. He spent most of his days in damage control mode, trying to keep investors calm and prevent key talent from jumping ship. As the tension reached a fever pitch, Deonna received an urgent message from her security team. There had been an unauthorized access attempt on the server containing the fake project files. Her heart raced as she rushed to the security office, hoping that this might finally be the break they needed. The security team worked feverishly to trace the origin of the access attempt. Deonna watched the screens, her fists clenched, as lines of code scrolled by. Suddenly, one of the technicians let out a gasp. "We've got