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CHAPTER 110:The Back Entrance BreaksEthan's Pov;The sound of metal screaming under pressure echoed down the hallway before Danica finished her sentence.Not gentle.Not cautious.Not a test.A full-force breach.Reina snapped her head toward the noise. “They’re using a ram.”Aiden paled. “There’s only one corridor between here and the loading bay. If they break through ”“They will,” Danica said flatly.Yvonne’s fingers tightened on my arm. Hard.Not in fearin the kind of desperate instinct that says please don’t let this be the end.I rested my hand on the small of her back. “We move.”Evan nodded. “Reina, take point. Aiden, behind her. Danica and I cover the rear.”Reina didn’t waste a second. She bolted down the hallway, pistol raised.Aiden followed.Derrick stumbled after them, panicked and breathless.Danica and Evan stayed behind to watch the corridor.I pulled Yvonne close and helped her forward. Her ankle was getting worse she hissed each time it brushed the ground but she
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CHAPTER 109:The Shaft That Shouldn’t ExistEthan's Pov;The tunnel air grew colder as we ran, the darkness crawling deeper into our lungs. Our footsteps echoed through the steel corridors, mixing with the distant sound of the men hunting us.They were getting closer.Not running.Moving in formation.Disciplined.Trained.Not Consortium foot soldiers.Something worse.Yvonne limped beside me, her breath short and uneven. I kept my arm around her waist, pulling her along, making sure her ankle didn’t buckle again.“We’re almost there,” I murmured.“You said that ten minutes ago,” she whispered back.“I meant it then too.”Her grip tightened on my shirt. “Ethan… what if we don’t reach the exit before they do?”“Then I’ll make a new exit.”She looked at me like she didn’t know whether to hit me or kiss me.Probably both.Reina reached the maintenance shaft first. A giant steel grate covered the floor, half-buried beneath old debris and coiled wiring. The shaft opened into a dark vertical
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CHAPTER 108:The Monster in the DarkEthan's Pov;It came out of the dark like it had been waiting for us.A blur of movement.A heavy shape.Metal clanging under its weight.Danica fired the first three sharp shots that lit up the chamber but the thing twisted unnaturally fast, the bullets glancing off something hard.Not armor.Bone.Thick, unnatural bone.A low, wet growl reverberated through the air, crawling across my skin like cold fingers.“Move!” Evan shouted, pushing Derrick to the ground as the creature slammed into a rusted conveyor belt, crushing it like paper.The whole chamber shook.Yvonne stumbled backward, grabbing my shirt with both hands. “Ethan Ethan what is that what is that ”“I’ve got you,” I said, pulling her behind me.The creature stepped into the thin beam of my flashlight.Tall.Hunched.Bone plates jutted out of its back like a broken exoskeleton.Its arms were long, ending in claw-like digits wrapped around exposed tendons.Its face No, its skull looked
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CHAPTER 107:A War Waiting at the BottomEthan’s Pov;Yvonne’s breathing slowly steadied against me, her hands still gripping the back of my shirt like the moment she loosened even a finger, I’d vanish.I didn’t let go either.I couldn’t not yet.Her heartbeat thudded fast against my chest, uneven and terrified. Mine matched it.I pulled back just enough to look at her face. Dust streaked across her skin, her hair tangled, eyes red from tears and shock. She looked wrecked.But alive.Alive.I brushed my thumb under her eye, wiping away dirt. “Can you stand?”She nodded… then shook her head. “My ankle may have twisted. Maybe worse.”I shifted into a crouch, forcing my body to hold together. “We’ll figure it out.”“We don’t have time,” Evan said behind me, voice clipped. “They’ll reach the ravine in minutes.”Reina scanned the ridge above us. “Three groups. They’re splitting up.”Danica, leaning on her rifle like it was decoration, added, “We have maybe five minutes before they corner th
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CHAPTER 106: The Fall That Changes Everything Ethan's Pov;Time didn’t slow down when she fell.It didn’t stretch out like in the movies, didn’t give me a moment to react, didn’t give me anything except the sound of metal tearing and Yvonne’s voice sharp, terrified, cut short like someone sliced the air in half.And then she was gone.The bridge collapsed beneath her, a brutal drop into the darkness below, a hollow space filled with rusted beams and broken concrete.I dove after her.Instinct.Reflex.The only thing my body understood.But Evan’s fists clamped around my shirt, yanking me back so hard my ribs screamed.“LET GO!” I roared, twisting, clawing at his arms.“No!” he shouted back, voice raw. “Ethan you’ll die ”“I DON’T CARE ”I fought like a man possessed, like something feral. My fingers ripped at his forearms, my legs kicked at the fractured metal, but Evan held on with every ounce of strength in his body.The whole bridge vibrated under the weight of gunfire and the aft
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CHAPTER 105 :Through the Fire We RunEthan's Pov;The smoke above us churned like a living thing.Boots scraped metal.Shadows moved.And I didn’t wait.The moment my foot left the bunker floor, the rifle was already up.I fired through the hatch before the men above could react.Two shots.Two bodies dropped into the bunker like sandbags.Gunfire erupted instantly echoing in the small space, deafening.“Move!” I barked.Reina shot up the ladder first, fast as lightning, using the fallen bodies as cover.Aiden went next, firing blindly upward.Danica didn’t climb, she jumped. She grabbed the edge of the hatch with one hand, swung herself onto the roof like she was born to fight on metal.Evan dragged Derrick behind us, practically throwing him up the ladder.I pushed Yvonne forward.“Go.”She shook her head. “I’m not leaving you.”“You’re not,” I said, “you’re going ahead of me.”“I don’t care I’m not going ”I grabbed her jaw, leaned in, and kissed her once.Fast.Hard.Unapologetic.
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