She found out on Wednesday morning.
Not from Caelan. Not from Damien. From the compliance portal notification that arrived in her inbox at eight-forty-seven, the same inbox she checked every morning at eight-thirty without fail, which meant it had been filed after she'd already cleared her notifications and before she'd had any reason to look again.
Deliberate timing.
She read it twice.
Internal Compliance Review, initiated under Section 4.2 of the Corporate Governance Framework. Subject: Unauthorized system access via legacy credential, executive floor, Draxen Global Holdings. Review period: current. All relevant personnel will be contacted by the compliance team within 48 hours.
She set her coffee down.
The floor was moving around her. Assistants arriving. The ordinary Wednesday machinery assembling itself.
She read it a third time.
