CHAPTER TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN - DISTURBING DISCOVERIES

Claire felt a chill run down her spine. "What do you mean?" Jackson's sigh crackled through the line. "Blackwell didn't just disagree with company policies. He was caught trying to access restricted files – sensitive information about Universe X's upcoming projects. When confronted, he became volatile. Security had to escort him out." Mason's grip on Claire's hand tightened. "I remember now. He was shouting about exposing some kind of conspiracy. I thought he was just angry about being fired." "Apparently, his grudge runs deeper than we thought," Jackson said grimly. "The level of detail in those messages, the intimate knowledge of your daily lives – it's clear he's been planning this for a while." Claire felt her chest constrict, her breathing becoming shallow. The idea that someone had been watching them, invading their privacy for who knows how long, made her skin crawl. "What do we do now?" she asked, her voice barely above a whisper. "We're tracking his movements, trying to