Chapter 17
Shaw Goes Live
Claire joined Shaw's live interview and let the director deny each system in sequence.
Every denial activated the corresponding access log on screen. Shaw authenticated the house, the cameras, the biometric pen, and the occupancy protocol by naming details the public had not heard.
Nina kept filming even when Shaw ordered her to stop.
Then Claire played Mae's hidden track. Shaw's voice instructed the driver to make the cliff look accidental.
The live audience heard it. So did Shaw.
She reached for her phone and unlocked every experimental house at once.