Dark Control (DARC Ops Book 4) by Jamie Garrett

Author:Jamie Garrett [Garrett, Jamie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wild Owl Press
Published: 2016-12-05T16:00:00+00:00

19

Laurel

Once she finally got home, Laurel figured sleep would happen quickly, like a light switch clicking off. She couldn’t get the imagery of Abe Hudson out of her head. His body, white and cold, lying in his bed. She couldn’t block the sound of his voice, his words from the night before, the last night he’d spent on earth. She might have been the last person he’d ever spoken with. His final act in this world, repaying a favor, and changing Laurel’s life forever.

It broke her heart that she wouldn’t have a chance to thank him properly.

The more she lay there, the more awake she felt. The imagery before her eyes was becoming so vivid that she threw them open, just so she could see anything other than Abe Hudson.

Laurel sprung out of bed and raced to the window, tearing away the curtain so that the room filled with soft moonlight. She spun around to face the full-length mirror, a whisper of moonlight reflected. There she fought the urge to lunge forward and ram her head through the mirror.

Maybe she needed to de-stress a little before sleep.

She resigned herself to a little homework. As much as she hated the thought of it, there was a deadline coming up that would make or break her career. There was also the slight possibility that it would make her tired enough for sleep. Though as soon as she laid eyes on the monitor, they already felt so painfully tired. How much more strain could they bear before she’d go blind?

Her neck was sore, her back, stiff. Her eyes burned against the maddening light of the computer monitor. But as far as sleepiness, she felt wide awake. Even worse, she felt absolutely wired, like she’d just drunk two whole pots of burnt Sentry Systems coffee.

To counteract the coffee, and her growing mania, she poured herself a tall glass of wine, and then opened up her work folder. And like a robot, she continued the work that she had left off back at the office, the hacking that had so far been unsuccessful.

Finally, through work, she felt some peace.

She hated that it was work that delivered the peace. Why couldn’t it be Matt, instead? He’d already shown her more than a few fun ways to relax after a stressful day. But what happened when he was the cause of some of that stress?

Work happened, apparently. It was a nice, neutral distraction, at least. And more than a means for achieving a dull inner peace, it turned into some real productivity. A second glass of wine later, and she was on the verge of breaking through AIDA’s weak encryption.

It really did seem like it had been set up by their cybersecurity chief, the glorified IT boy. Everyday hackers might not have been able to conquer it, but it was far from secure. For Laurel, it took her two hours of attacks and she was in. Inside their network, she navigated their folders, the email banks, creeping and slithering around their murky soup of data.

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