Warm My Bed, Brother-in-law Chapter 16: Chapter 16: Consequences.

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DAMIAN'S POV. I smirked as Marco stepped in like some kind of heroic idiot, saving my ass for the day. Typical. I glanced up at Lev. He was still staring at me with those furious eyes, ready to punch me the moment we slipped. "Vanko's death is already decided, Lev," I said at last, my tone was rough. "So, if you want to keep playing the hero, go find him. But stop wasting my time." "Where is he?" He snapped, his patience wearing thin. "If he’s been using your grid to stalk my sister, I want a location. I don't care if he’s under a rock or in the middle of a warzone." Aww... poor Lev. So desperate to protect his little sister. Shame, the one thing he can't protect her from is me. Marco shook his head slowly, not the least bit bothered by Lev's outburst. "We haven't been able to pin him down yet. He disappeared the moment we started running trace-routines on the stolen nodes. He’s been moving through encrypted tunnels, scrubbing his digital footprint every thirty minutes.” "So you’re telling me he’s just gone?" He stepped closer, trying to intimidate him, but Marco didn’t flinch. "You’re the elite, Marco. You're telling me you can't track a bottom-feeder like Vanko?" Marco met his stare without reacting. "We did track him, but he realised early that we were onto him and disappeared. He's been bouncing through stolen servers, changing routes, and wiping his trail faster than we can lock onto him." He clenched his jaw. "So you lost him." "For now." Marco didn't seem bothered by admitting it. "But we did find the surveillance feed before he vanished. That's how we located the camera inside the master suite. The moment we discovered it, we cut the uplink and isolated the device." Lev's eyes narrowed. "So it's useless now?" "Yes." Marco nodded. "It's still physically there, but it's essentially a dead mirror. It captures data for a millisecond before the buffer clears and overwrites itself. There's no storage, no cloud upload, and no playback capability." He let out a harsh breath through his nose, his jaw tightening as he struggled to keep his temper in check. "Unbelievable." "It isn't." Marco stepped forward, his boots crunching softly against the pavement. "We only neutralised the camera inside the master suite because Elena's safety was the priority. Think of it as a professional courtesy." A faint smile tugged at the corner of Marco's mouth. "Richard's digital security, however, is outdated and full of holes it's not our problem. If he wants to leave his front door wide open for every amateur hacker in the city, that's on him." God, I loved this man. Marco had a talent for making people feel like complete idiots without ever raising his voice. While the rest of us threw punches, he threw polite insults that somehow hurt twice as much. That's exactly why he's my best friend. I felt some of the tension leave his shoulders, though I could tell the whole situation still made him uneasy. "You didn't warn anyone from that house about the cameras." he turned his head toward me, raising an eyebrow, but Marco spoke before I could respond. "No." Marco shook his head. "We didn't tell anyone. If we had, Elena would already know everything, and we didn't want to upset her. So we left it alone." He glanced between the two of us, his expression cold, calculating, and arrogant. I wondered if he had told Elena about the camera. But if he had, she would have been here confronting me herself instead of Lev. That meant he hadn’t told her. Good job, Lev. You did well. I kept my face neutral, revealing nothing as he studied me before turning his attention to Marco. "I’m trusting you on this, Marco. But if I find even a second of that footage anywhere else, or if either of you is involved," he said, pointing at me and then at Marco, "it won’t matter how many firewalls you have. I’ll bring your entire empire down." He warned me, but I barely reacted, giving a small nod. "Find Vanko, Lev. He’s the one you should be worried about." I watched Lev’s should