Word of the Archive leaks spread faster than the network could contain it. Within hours, major news outlets were reporting on classified documents detailing the network's influence operations. Within a day, governments were launching investigations. Within a week, three major world leaders had resigned. Financial markets began to destabilize.
From my cell, I watched all of this unfold on a screen they had installed. Simone had decided to keep me alive because I had become a symbol. She believed that if I died, it would confirm people's worst suspicions about the network. If I lived, she could claim I was being treated well, that I was choosing to work with them voluntarily.
But the leaks continued. Someone outside the network, probably Elena or Marcus, was systematically releasing inform
