He reads the world through data. She doesn’t exist in his.
Rhys Ellis lives in the digital dark. A cyber warfare specialist with a classified career and no personal footprint, he was recruited to Shadow Ops Guardians for one reason: he can crack anything. His latest target is an encrypted communications network routing international arms trafficking through commercial infrastructure across central Florida. The signal is sophisticated, federal-grade, and it’s hiding inside a business in Blossom Springs.
Kailey Stigler owns the local title office. She’s practical, direct, and has spent years building a business she’s proud of. She’s also never had a reason to think about cybersecurity until a quiet man with too many questions tells her that her systems have been compromised—turned into a node in a criminal network she never knew existed.
Rhys needs access to Kailey’s systems. Kailey needs answers before she hands over anything. He can’t read her the way he reads everyone else—she barely exists online. She can’t understand a man who lives entirely in a world she’s never entered.
The ghost signal running through her life is about to change both of theirs.
