The Silent Dominion
When ex-CIA agent Ethan Cross wakes up to news that he’s the most wanted man in America, accused of assassinating a U.S. senator, he knows he’s been set up.
On the run, he discovers that the killing is just one piece of a much larger puzzle—one involving a secret organization called The Dominion, which has infiltrated governments and corporations worldwide. Their weapon? The Sentinel Program, an AI-driven neural implant capable of controlling minds.
With every law enforcement agency hunting him, Ethan’s only chance is to find Dr. Evelyn Carter, the neuroscientist who unknowingly helped build the program. But Evelyn is also a target—because she holds the final encryption key that could either activate or destroy the program.
As Ethan and Evelyn navigate deadly betrayals, high-tech warfare, and shocking revelations, they realize they are not just fighting for their own lives, but for the future of free will itself.
The clock is ticking. The Sentinel Program goes live in seven days.
If they fail, the world will no longer belong to the people—but to the silent dominion that controls them.
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Chapter: Chapter 75-Across the Iron Curtain Ethan emerged from the shattered warehouse door into the crisp dawn air, his chest heaving from exertion and pain. Vick lay motionless on the cracked concrete, a harsh testament to the price of betrayal. Ethan spared the fallen enforcer no further glance—there was no time for reflection. With the third ghost drive secured in his jacket pocket, he sprinted to the parked motorcycle, climbed aboard, and roared off before the first distant siren could reach the underground labyrinth.Two hours later, Clara’s battered van pulled up outside the dilapidated safehouse cabin. Jason and Lyra were already there, Lyra pacing the small front yard with three unconscious captives slung over her shoulder,victims of the King’s trafficking rings, each rescued from a cell that would have become their tombs. Inside, Lucien lay on a makeshift cot, pale but breathing steadily now, bandages fresh, his strength slowly returning.Clara killed the engine and jump
Last Updated: 2025-04-29
Chapter: Chapter 74 – No SanctuaryAs the first gray light of morning seeped through the windows of the secluded cabin, a fragile stillness settled over the tired group. Jason sat hunched before his laptop, eyes red-rimmed from three hours of decoding and re‑encrypting Lyra’s failsafe code. Clara sat near the cot where Lucien dozed under a thin blanket, his breathing ragged but steady. Ethan stood by the battered door, weapon in hand, listening to the forest’s quiet breath.They believed they were safe—at least for a few hours. But war had taught Ethan that calm was never real, and the King’s reach was long. He tightened his grip on the rifle, checking its ammo clip.Lyra approached, holding two small data drives. “The code’s split,” she said in a low voice. “These carry the fragments you need. Jason will upload them to secure nodes. Once they’re in place, we can call the strike.”Ethan nodded. “What’s our window?”
Last Updated: 2025-04-29
Chapter: Chapter 73- In the Shadows of the FallenThe van rumbled through the dense forest, the tires carving a path through the dirt and underbrush. The night had finally released its grip on the world, but the air was still thick with the tension of what they had just endured. The explosion, the drones, Lucien’s blood staining Ethan’s shirt, and the sense that they were only at the beginning of a much larger, more dangerous game.Ethan, still clutching Lucien’s shoulder, felt the weight of the situation pressing in on him. They had the drive, but the cost had been high. Lucien was alive, but barely. Every breath he took seemed more labored than the last, and Ethan was painfully aware that the clock was ticking on getting him the medical attention he needed.Clara’s eyes were focused on the road, her hands gripped tightly on the wheel, knuckles white. The stress of the mission was etched into her features, but her focus was unwavering. The way she steered the van through the twists and turns of the forest road made it clear—she was
Last Updated: 2025-04-28
Chapter: Chapter 72-Unveiling the GhostDawn’s pale light seeped through the cracks in the abandoned CDC complex’s concrete walls as Ethan, Clara, Jason, Lucien, and Lyra assembled in the gutted corridor outside the main server vault. The air was cold and stale, carrying the faint hum of ancient air handlers and the metallic tang of rusting pipes.They were a disparate unit—soldiers, spies, a rogue scientist—and yet, in this moment, they were bound by a single purpose: retrieve the final ghost drive hidden deep within this facility’s core, unlock Lyra’s failsafe code, and strike a decisive blow against the King’s empire.Lyra checked her handheld scanner, its screen flickering under her touch. “The drive is in the primary node. We’ll need two overrides—one biometric, one digital—before the vault will open.”Ethan nodded. “Lucien, your retinal scan. Jason, put together the override script on the fly. Clara and I will watch our backs.”Lucien exhaled sharply. “Let’s get it done.” He approached the nearby console, its screen s
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Chapter: Chapter 71- No Safe HavensThe van’s tires screeched as Clara swerved onto a dirt path masked by heavy shrubbery and fallen branches. Ethan gripped the gurney tightly, steadying the unconscious woman whose pulse fluttered beneath his fingers like a dying flame. The others—the rescued captives—sat in stunned silence, their haunted eyes flicking between the rear window and the team that had torn them from hell.“She’s crashing,” Clara barked. “Heart rate’s unstable. Lucien, I need that med bag now!”Lucien reached behind him, yanked the emergency pack from the wall compartment, and tossed it forward. Clara moved fast, ripping open vials, attaching electrodes, and administering a stimulant. Sweat beaded her brow as she worked, every second ticking like a death sentence.Ethan watched her, jaw clenched. “Can you stabilize her?”“Maybe,” Clara snapped. &l
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Chapter: Chapter 70 – Smoke and Shadows The next morning, the cold air hung heavy with the scent of pine and damp earth. Ethan stood by one of the mansion’s tall windows, watching frost begin to melt under the weak sunlight. It had been years since he’d seen a sunrise without anticipating a bullet or betrayal, but today felt different.Behind him, Clara flipped through the blueprints from Lucien’s folder, her brow furrowed in concentration. Jason sat at the desk, cross-referencing the names in the dossier with contacts from his own checkered past. They were no longer prey — they were predators now, calculating and careful.Lucien entered the room with an air of urgency. His movements were crisp, his eyes shadowed with sleeplessness. “We strike tonight.”Ethan turned sharply. “That soon?”“There’s an arms convoy moving through Trento. One of the King’s major shipments. We tak
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Chapter: Chapter 52-The Revenant AwakensKael's heart stopped. His mind screamed, but his body was frozen in place. The figure in the tank was moving—slowly, deliberately, like it was waking from a long slumber. His eyes—his eyes—blinked, a cold, inhuman light shining from them. The reflection in the glass seemed too real, too alive. This wasn’t possible. This couldn’t be him.“Kael…” Seraphina whispered, her voice trembling as she stepped closer. “Is it… is it really you?”Kael’s gaze remained fixed on the tank, his breath shallow as he tried to make sense of what was happening. The face staring back at him was his own, but it wasn’t. This was… a copy. A twisted, broken version of himself, floating in the eerie liquid, hooked to machines that hummed with unnatural energy. The figure’s chest rose and fell in slow, rhythmic movements, and then, as if sensing their presence, the figure&rs
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Chapter: Chapter 53– Echoes in the DarkThe scent of gunpowder still clung to Kael’s coat as he slumped against the cool, jagged wall of the tunnel. Seraphina crouched beside him, applying pressure to a gash on his ribs, her hands trembling slightly—not from fear, but rage barely held in check.“This wasn’t random,” she muttered, voice low. “They knew we’d be at the checkpoint. They’re watching us.”Kael winced but forced a nod. “Omega’s two steps ahead, as always.”Overhead, the ancient pipes groaned, a faint mechanical hum rising—something was moving. Not rats. Not machinery. A drone.Kael’s head snapped toward the source, blood-streaked fingers reaching for the pulse disruptor on his belt. He tossed it, and the device whined once before discharging a silent EMP burst. The whirring stopped. The drone collapsed, sizzling.“Not an
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Chapter: Chapter 51: Into the FrostThe cold hit like a wall when they stepped out of the transport, the Arctic wind biting into their skin with the ferocity of an untamed beast. Kael pulled his hood up, the fabric swishing around his face, but it barely helped against the frigid gusts. His breath came out in heavy clouds, crystallizing in the air. The ground beneath them crunched underfoot, the thick ice making every step seem like a battle.Nyla scanned the horizon through her thermal optics, her face taut with concentration. “No signs of life… Yet.”“We’re in the middle of nowhere,” Jax muttered, his eyes scanning the snow-covered expanse. “This place is a graveyard, Kael. Why here? What could Omega possibly be hiding out in a place like this?”Kael stood silently, his gaze fixed on the dark silhouette of the facility in the distance, half-hidden by the mists rolling over the mountains. It looked li
Last Updated: 2025-04-25
Chapter: Chapter 50: The Ghost ProtocolThe wind whispered through the scorched ruins of the Omega compound as dawn painted the horizon in bruised orange and blood-red. Kael sat on the edge of the transport truck, his shirt soaked with blood, smoke still clinging to his skin. He wasn’t sure if the tremors in his hands were from adrenaline or what he’d just endured.Seraphina emerged from the shadows of the bunker’s remnants, her expression unreadable. In her hand, she held a drive—slick with ash and secrets.“This,” she said, holding it up, “is everything. All of Omega’s files. Locations. Operations. Sub-projects. Paragon wasn’t even their endgame. Just phase one.”Kael didn’t respond. His mind was locked on something else.Virek’s words wouldn’t stop echoing in his skull.Omega is an idea.And ideas didn’t die with
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Chapter: Chapter 49: CrossfireThe night sky was ablaze with tracer fire, drones slicing through clouds like vultures circling a battlefield. Kael crouched behind a crumbled column of concrete, blood smearing his cheek, eyes scanning the chaos unfolding at Omega’s eastern compound.Seraphina’s voice cracked over the comms. “We’ve got hostiles on all fronts. Jax is pinned near the substation. We need that gate open now.”Kael gritted his teeth. The mission was already spiraling. They’d planned a stealth incursion—silent, surgical. But Omega had been waiting. Not just aware. Expectant.He motioned to the young rebel beside him—Reed, barely twenty, with a sniper’s precision and a soldier’s desperation. “Cover me. I’m heading for the manual override.”Reed nodded, adjusting his scope. “You better come back, man. We still got beers to drink.”
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Chapter: Chapter 48: Shadows and FracturesThe coded message etched on the side of the transceiver repeated in Kael’s mind as he crouched behind the blackened remains of the security wall. “Coordinates locked. Extraction compromised. Trust no one. Especially her.”Her.The implications slammed into him like a freight train. He looked across the corridor to where Seraphina had just taken down two rogue operatives with precision. The same woman who saved his life more times than he could count. Could the message be a plant? Or worse—had she been playing a long game, weaving herself into his every move?No time to spiral.He signaled silently to Jax, who was stationed above on the rusted catwalk, rifle aimed at the entry point. Jax nodded. The hallway, lit only by the flicker of the emergency red strobes, reeked of ozone and blood. Their intel said this facility was a biotech research site—turned into a military-gra
Last Updated: 2025-04-22
