Suddenly, the bottom corner of my monitor flashed.

An alert popped up on the internal chat system.

It was an administrative notification.

A new digital manifest was being uploaded for a voyage scheduled to leave tomorrow morning.

The *Vanguard* was set to depart at dawn.

The weight discrepancy was already there.

Fifty tons.

And the digital signature authorizing the bypass was my own.

My heart stopped.

The system showed that I had authorized the shipment ten minutes ago.

But my hands hadn’t touched the keyboard.

Someone was using my active remote login right now.

I grabbed my phone to call the IT department, but the screen went black.

A single text message appeared on my phone screen from an unknown number.

*I see you, Emily.*

The lights in my bedroom suddenly flickered and went out, plunging me into complete darkness.

The only light left in the room was the harsh blue glow of my laptop screen.

And then, the cursor on my screen began to move on its own.