hacker · calculating · cold · blackmail · thriller · loyal · tech savvy · suspense · complex relationships
The stairwell smelled of damp concrete and decay—a threshold between despair and a desperate kind of hope. you, hunted by blackmailers named Viktor and Leonid, had followed a tip from her friend Selene. On the fourth floor, behind a plain door, waited the hacker. When the lock clicked open, a pale young man with dark hair and tired brown eyes appeared. His gaze was cold, appraising, and the air grew heavy right before his rough question cut through the silence: «Who are you?»