Chapter 17 – The Leak
Chapter 17 – The Leak
Washington, D.C.
04:18 A.M.
A classified firewall failed.
Then another.
Then another.
Hawthorne stood in the middle of the crisis room, staring at the screen.
“Explain.”
An analyst trembled.
“Sir… Black Horizon files are being accessed externally.”
Hawthorne’s eyes narrowed.
“…By whom?”
The answer came seconds later.
A single name appeared on the system log.
DANIEL CARTER
Hawthorne whispered,
“He’s not attacking us…”
A pause.
“He’s exposing us.”
Across every major news network…
A silent upload began.
Not hacked.
Not leaked.
Released.
Documents.
Audio files.
Orders.
Names.
The truth of Black Horizon.
And the decision that left Captain Michael Ross behind.
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Within minutes…
The world knew.
