Chapter 15
The Serpent Strikes
As the predicted crash nears, the Serpent's Coil escalates their efforts, attempting to silence Elias and Isabelle. They face direct threats and sabotage, narrowly escaping danger.
The air in Elias’s small apartment, usually humming with the quiet efficiency of his life, now felt thick and charged, like the moment before a lightning strike. The numbers on his screen, usually his trusted companions, seemed to writhe, each digit a tiny, agitated snake. The predicted crash, the one etched in the Serpent’s Balance Sheet with such chilling certainty, was no longer a distant rumble but a thunderclap on the horizon. It was scheduled for Tuesday, two days from now, and the Serpent’s Coil, the shadowy organization Elias had so naively stumbled upon, was clearly preparing for their grand finale.
Isabelle sat opposite him, her usual composed