Bonny’s POV For a moment, nobody moved. Not because we didn’t understand. Because we did. Going public didn’t mean a press release. It meant exposure of everything. Every file. Every name. Every transaction. Every placement. Every “candidate.” Every life they had tried to curate into silence. The system wasn’t just being threatened anymore. It was bleeding in real time. --- Vanessa’s tablet flickered violently. “I’m getting global outbound packets,” she said rapidly. “Someone is force-pushing the archive into mirrored networks.” Mara blinked. “Translated?” “It’s being copied everywhere.” My chest tightened. “Everywhere?” “Yes,” she said. “If this completes, it’s irreversible.” Silence dropped heavily. Even the building seemed to hesitate for half a second. Then ano

