You type out the threat, accusing Isabella of carrying on a secret affair with Marc Dubois. It makes sense, why else would she protect him so fiercely? You hit send. Ten minutes pass. Then, your secure phone lights up with a call from Dane. > **Dane**: *"You idiot. You absolute amateur."* You try to defend your logic. Marc is her blind spot. > **Dane**: *"She protects Marc because he brings in fifty million dollars a quarter, not because they're sleeping together! You went for cheap blackmail instead of following the money. Isabella took one look at your email, laughed, and forwarded it directly to their cybersecurity incident response team."* On your monitor, your access tokens to the Blackridge perimeter begin expiring one by one. The PRAP network goes into full lockdown. You tried to play a financial predator with tabloid gossip. She didn't fall for it. > **Dane**: *"Pack up. Wipe everything. We're done here."* [[Burn The Operation|Burn the operation]]