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CHAPTER 7
The First Countermove.
They didn’t leave through the front entrance.
Adrian guided Maya through a side corridor she’d never noticed before, past security doors that opened with a single tap of his card. The campus she thought she knew peeled away layer by layer, revealing something colder underneath.
“How many people know about this?” Maya asked as they walked briskly.
“Too many,” Adrian replied. “And none of them should.”
They reached an underground parking level where a black car waited, engine already running. Maya hesitated for half a second before getting in.
This was real now.
As the car pulled away from campus, Adrian spoke without looking at her.
“They’ll move fast,” he said. “First, they discredit you. Then they isolate you. By the time you realize what’s happening, you’re alone and apologizing for an idea you built.”
“I won’t apologize,” Maya said.
“I know,” Adrian replied. “That’s why they’re nervous.”
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