Chapter 22

**Dom**

It starts with a ping. Just one, soft, barely noticeable ping. Now I’m being trained… or conditioned like some lab rat that salivates at the sound of her digital footprint brushing against our system. I shove the empty Red Bull can aside and lean forward, eyes narrowing as a new prompt appears on my screen.

Rule one: Stop using free software to secure a million-dollar operation.

Rule two: