Her screen refreshed. Instead of the usual map, a new message glowed in the corner of the app: "SecureNote #4 uploaded to cloud."
The old laptop’s fan whirred like a trapped bee. Elara stared at the blinking cursor in the VPN window: .
A single line of text appeared: "Hotel Mirage. Room 12. Look for the man with the broken watch. Tell him: 'The shield is hot.'"