ELENA POV
We couldn't just sit there and watch Brighton win.
"We need to go around them," I said the next morning. "Around the networks, around the platforms he controls. Directly to the people."
"How?" Adrien asked.
"Live stream. Multiple platforms simultaneously. YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter everywhere. He can take down recorded content, but he can't stop a live broadcast fast enough."
Damien looked up from his laptop. "That's actually smart. By the time his people issue takedown orders, thousands of people will have already seen it. Recorded it. Shared it."
"And we show everything," I continued. "Not just documents. We show them hunting us. Show them we're in hiding. Show them the burned safe house, the dead security team. Make it real."
"That's dangerous," Adrien said. "If we broadcast our location"
"We'll be gone before they can mobilize. Ten minutes. That's all we need."
