The digital infrastructure of Sterling Enterprises was not a passive system of firewalls and basic security software. It was a live, breathing fortress that operated twenty four hours a day.
When Julian Sterling had assumed total, unrestricted control of the master corporation, he had invested tens of millions of dollars into an advanced, military grade cybersecurity mainframe code named Aegis.
Every single piece of incoming and outgoing data within a ten mile radius of the headquarters was scrutinized with clinical precision by an elite team of black hat analysts working in the absolute shadows of the building's high tech sub basement.
At exactly 3:14 AM, a silent, crimson alert flashed across the master monitors of the security command center, cutting through the darkness of the subte
