The war room was silent, the weight of the revelation pressing down on everyone.
Wayne stood at the center, his eyes fixed on the holographic display. The data from the Web's systems had been analyzed, cross-referenced, and traced through layers of encryption and misdirection. The Nexus was already forming, its network spreading like a virus. But there was something else—something that made his blood run cold.
"There's a mole," Jude said, his voice flat. "Someone inside the Directorate has been feeding information to the Nexus."
"How do we know?" Lucy asked.
"Because we found their communications. Buried deep in the data we recovered from the Web's systems. The Nexus has been receiving intelligence from an inside source for months."
Wayne studied the data, his mind racing. "Who is it?
