Chapter 25

She didn't even know when Callum had appeared behind Nadia at some point. He was now rolling up his shirt sleeves, revealing solid, muscular forearms. Nadia didn't even have time to question how he knew what he was doing—her instincts kicked in before her brain could. She stepped aside without hesitation. Callum sat down, eyes calm and focused as they swept across the chaotic battle unfolding on the screen. "Key," he said, short and to the point. Nadia quickly scribbled a complex string of characters on a sticky note and handed it to him. "02090630CNLFYAMS". Callum glanced at it. The next second, his fingers dropped to the keyboard. He wasn't exactly typing. It was a blur, so fast it felt like watching an illusion. His hands moved with impossible speed, ghost-like afterimages trailing each motion. The keyboard clattered beneath a relentless downpour of keystrokes—sharp, rapid, like a digital storm. Lines of code flooded the screen like a waterfall, and commands flew out with