#Chapter 34- Betrayal

Kingston I’ve seen empires fall over smaller betrayals. The boardroom was silent as I scanned the preliminary results from the internal investigation. A human-owned company had somehow won the bid for our most ambitious project to date and accused us of creating poison. The story had already cost us millions. The decision had shocked everyone, including me, until this morning, when security flagged something I never thought I’d have to read. Leaked documents. Sensitive. Exclusive to my executive circle. Someone inside had sold us out. I tightened my jaw as I scrolled through the findings on the tablet. The timestamps, the data access logs… they painted a damning picture. And the name that surfaced, again and again, sent a chill down my spine. Cora. She had the clearance. She’d recently been inside the bidding folder. Her access credentials matched the breach. And the worst part? Her motive—at least on paper—was plausible. She’d been publicly dragged through the mud,