"The 'free' price tag," Jax sighed, sliding his own phone away. "It always costs the most in the end."
His camera light flickered on. On the screen, a live feed of Elias himself appeared, but his face was distorted, filtered through a terrifying, digital rot. Below the image, his banking app opened automatically. The numbers in his savings account began to spin backward toward zero.
"Maybe," Elias muttered, his thumb hovering over a dubious 'Download' button on a site cluttered with flashing pop-ups. The headline screamed: .
