“It was a hostile takeover disguised as a wedding.”

“And when I resisted the merger, she and Marcus used my father’s old trail to destroy me.”

I closed the ledger window and opened the system logs.

“There is one thing that doesn’t make sense,” I said.

Alexander walked back to the desk, his expression hardening.

The shock in his eyes was being replaced by something cold and sharp.

“What?” he asked.

“The legacy key can access the old accounts,” I explained, pointing to the active connection.

“But to actually move the funds out of Aegis Holdings, a physical authorization is required.”

“A hardware token,” Alexander said.

“Yes,” I said.

“A physical USB device with an embedded encryption chip.”

“Without it, the money is locked in those accounts forever.”

“Where is the token?” he asked.

“I tracked the last physical synchronization three days ago,” I said.

“It was plugged into a secure terminal at the Crane Capital headquarters.”

“But the terminal wasn’t in their main server room.”

“Where was it?”

“It was registered to a mobile workstation used by Victoria Crane,” I said.