Novel

Chapter 8: The Silent Operation

Elias infiltrates the hospital's secure archives, uncovering that the Thorne family is merely a front for a shadow organization using Project Aether to harvest patient data. After narrowly escaping a professional hit squad sent to scrub the evidence, Elias confronts Julian Thorne with proof that the 11:30 PM patent ceremony is actually a liquidation event designed to eliminate him. Elias forces an uneasy alliance, positioning himself to use the ceremony as a trap to expose the true architects.