"This is Chimera, testing our foundations."
The words hung in the sterile air of the comms room, a chilling pronouncement that stripped away any pretense of control. Henry’s hand still rested on Selena’s, their fingers intertwined, a silent pact forged in the face of escalating uncertainty. The diagram of the Alcyone project’s compromised supply chain, a sinister spiderweb of interconnected vulnerabilities, still glowed on the screen, a testament to an enemy far more patient and insidious than they had ever truly anticipated.
Selena looked at him, her eyes mirroring the grim resolve he felt building within him. "Then we respond. We hit them where it hurts." Her voice was low, laced with an intensity that ignited something fierce in Henry’s chest. He saw not just the CEO of Vance Corp, bu
