Fox is a mindnet hacker, one of the best. He and fellow hackers work for a mysterious man known only as King, and they spend their time uncovering dangerous secrets and releasing them to the public.<br><br>Those who dig up trouble are bound to find it, and despite their best precautions, King is captured by an unknown government. While Fox and his team try desperately to find a way to free him, Fox meets another mysterious man who is only known by a number -- Seven. Seven works for the other side, but sometimes, uncovering secrets also raises doubts.<br><br>Fox and company need all the help they can get. Will Seven help them, and at what cost?

All the King's Men

Fox created his domain for comfort, because he was still on edge. He rarely indulged in a domain that looked like anywhere near his home, but he felt that after all this, Joanne and the others wouldn’t mind. Maybe they wouldn’t even realize that was what it was.


“This is quaint,” Joanne said, looking around.


They were sitting on an outdoor patio across from a country-style inn. The tiny road that ran between them was barely large enough to fit one vehicle, and it disappeared down a lane, with a little stone wall on one side and a screen of small trees on the other. They overlooked a shallow brook, bright blue and cheery in the summer sun, babbling along. He saw a swan’s nest on the other side, and a stone bridge crossing behind it.


“This is where I grew up,” Fox confided, looking fondly at the inn.


He almost didn’t tell her. Joanne couldn’t be a spy, not after all that had happened. Yet he couldn’t be a hundred percent sure, and hesitated.


Chapter 28