As his vision faded into binary code, he saw one final message appear on the screen where he used to sit.

The next morning, the storm had passed. The Reolink camera in the office sat on the desk, its lens focused intently on an empty chair.

> Error: Leo.exe not found in local memory. > Attempting fallback: Olivia.exe.

“Stupid update,” he muttered, and opened Task Manager. He found "Reolink.exe" in the list, selected it, and hit End Task .

The camera feed from the nursery flickered once, then died.

Elias leaned closer. "Intruder? Sector G?"