Alpha was talking to the camera when suddenly every phone in the room started ringing all at once.
His phone. Maksim's phone. Alexander's phone.
All the guests' phones too.
Every single one.
It was like a crazy mix of ringtones and vibrations filling the space.
Alpha stopped, frowned, and pulled out his phone.
He checked the alert.
CNN BREAKING NEWS: International trafficking ring busted. Files leaked. Alpha Dark's real identity revealed.
He felt a chill run through him.
"What—" he started to say.
Maksim was staring at his own screen. "The stream. Someone hijacked it."
"Hijacked? What do you mean?" Alpha shot back.
Maksim flipped his laptop around to show him the screen.
It wasn't the auction anymore.
It was all his files.
All his crimes.
His victims.
Everything.
Being broadcast live.
Alpha's face went white behind his golden mask. "No way—how is this happening?"
He spun around and lunged for the camera, trying to turn it off.
