"So, you didn't bring the data, and I didn't bring your family. We really are in sync."
Aiden met with the man who had kidnapped his family—Damian.
Damian had once been Aiden's mentor and partner. The two had used their hacking skills to rob banks, until one operation when they hacked into ctOS and happened to see that fragmented recording. Bloom Company and Quinn then sent people after them.
In the end, Damian lost a leg, while Aiden lost his niece.
Aiden had always wanted to find out who had ordered his niece's death and avenge her.
Damian, meanwhile, believed it was connected to a huge secret—a secret that could make him rich.
So he approached Bloom Company, then kidnapped Aiden's family and forced Aiden to find the data, helping him blackmail Bloom.
Now, with Harry's involvement, Aiden had learned the full truth.
"You made a deal with Bloom Company." Aiden's tone was calm. His plan for coming here had never been to simply hand over the data.
"Where did you hear that?" Damian's little scheme had been exposed, and his tone turned hostile.
"You're in trouble," Aiden continued. "Look, your deal with Bloom is built on this data. What happens if I refuse to give it to you?"
"You seem to have forgotten something. One phone call is all it takes for me to decide whether your sister lives or dies." Damian waved his phone.
"Then kill her."
Damian froze, then started laughing.
"You almost fooled me, Aiden."
Aiden shook his head and sneered at Damian.
"You haven't thought this through, Damian. Your deal has put you over the fire. If you kill my sister, you'll get nothing, and once Bloom realizes you played them, they'll take your miserable life."
"Now, I'm the one holding your fate in my