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The Mother’s Secret
The safehouse was silent, yet Ethan’s mind was chaos. His heart pounded against his ribs as though it wanted to claw its way out. He stood frozen before the monitor, watching the last flickers of static die out. The images still burned behind his eyes—hosts screaming in fire, their skin blistering, their voices breaking. And then her. Ada Cole. Not pleading. Not crying. Just staring into the camera with eyes that seemed to pierce through the flames and reach straight into him.His throat closed. For the first time in years, Ethan felt like the boy he had once been, small, lost, standing outside a door waiting for a mother who never came back.“I saw her,” he whispered, his voice hoarse. “I swear to God, I saw her. That was my mom.”Maya stepped forward, slowly, as though careful not to break him with sudden movement. Her face was pale, but her voice steady. “It was her. I saw it too.” She swallowed hard. “But Ethan… you need to think. Did you notice? She didn’t look afraid. Not like t
Ashes of Loyalty
The city moved as if nothing had happened. Neon bled into glass towers, traffic roared along the arteries of steel streets, and the people walked beneath screens that fed them the same lie on every channel.The lie of Ethan Cole.His face filled every broadcast — not as a man reborn, but as a criminal buried.On one screen, a stern anchor’s voice carried through the plaza. “Breaking news: Brooks Corporation confirms the traitor Ethan Cole has been executed. His crimes against humanity, his betrayal of the Host council, and his reckless violence against civilians will never be forgotten. Let this be a warning to those who would endanger the peace we’ve fought to protect.”Maya pulled her hood lower, glancing at Ethan’s rigid profile as they slipped through the crowded streets. “They’ve erased you,” she whispered, her voice breaking. “It’s like you never even lived.”Ethan said nothing. His eyes stayed locked on the screen where the footage rolled — grainy, doctored frames of a man in a
Serpent’s Tongue
The alarms still wailed, but in that moment, they were nothing more than background noise. The real danger stood a few feet away, heels clicking softly against the scorched lab floor, gun glinting in her hand, smile painted with venom.Lena Brooks.Ethan’s veins glowed like fire trapped under glass, his stance coiled, ready to strike. His control slipped with every pulse, every tremor that wracked his unstable body. Behind him, Maya clung weakly to his arm, her breath shallow, her eyes darting between him and Lena as if she was watching two predators circle one another.The silence stretched until Lena finally spoke, her tone deceptively calm.“You’re unraveling, Ethan. I can see it in your hands, in your eyes, in the way she has to hold you back from breaking in half.” Her gaze flicked toward Maya, then returned to him with deliberate cruelty. “I can save you from yourself. But you must let go of her.”Ethan’s jaw clenched. “You don’t get to say her name.”“Oh, but I do,” Lena purred
Fractured Allegiance
The siphon cracked apart in a storm of fire and sparks. Alarms howled, red light washing across the lab like blood spilling down the walls. Ethan ripped the cables from Maya’s body and caught her as she sagged forward, weak but alive. Her breathing was shallow, ragged, every exhale trembling against his chest.“Stay with me,” he whispered. “I’ve got you.”But the machine didn’t die quietly. The ruptured core flared white-hot, vomiting unstable energy that raced like lightning through the walls, the ceiling, the very air. Ethan felt it slice through him, tugging at his insides, threading heat into his veins until every nerve screamed.And then came the voice.“Brother…”It dripped from the speakers, from the cracked console, from the shattered lights overhead. The sound was everywhere and nowhere, low and venomous, seeping straight into Ethan’s skull.“Thank you, brother.”Ethan froze. His jaw tightened, breath sharp as knives.Specter’s laugh followed, distorted, cruel. “You’ve given
The Price of Mercy
The corridors reeked of sterilized metal and burnt ozone, every echo of Ethan’s footsteps swallowed by the humming machinery buried deep within the underground facility. He didn’t need directions — the signal had led him here, thrumming like a knife between his ribs, and with every step it grew sharper, more desperate.The reinforced door loomed at the end of the hall, pulsing faintly with biometric seals. His hand hovered over the console, Paragon’s whisper flickering in his ear.Careful. What you seek may not wish to be found.“I don’t care what it wishes,” Ethan growled under his breath. “I’m not leaving her in their hands.”He pressed his palm against the scanner. The metal shuddered. Locks clanged free.The door split open, and the sight on the other side stopped his breath.Maya was suspended in the center of the chamber, bound by glass tubes and coiled wires that bled light into her veins. Her eyes fluttered open at the hiss of the door, pain dilating her pupils. Each exhale ca
Echoes of Betrayal
The chandeliers of Brooks Tower dripped with gold and crystal, casting fractured light over silk gowns and black-tie suits. A string quartet played in the corner, their polished bows scraping out a waltz that echoed through the marble hall. Waiters in spotless uniforms glided like ghosts between clusters of wealthy elites, each guest laughing too loudly, drinking too much, pretending the world wasn’t cracking just beyond their glass walls.And in the shadows, hidden behind a mask of obsidian lacquer, Ethan stood.The gala was a farce, another of Brooks Corp’s carefully staged performances. A fundraiser, they called it. A celebration of resilience, of “unity in a time of uncertainty.” But Ethan could smell the rot beneath the perfume, feel the venom in every toast. These weren’t allies raising glasses to survival. They were wolves fattening themselves on a corpse. His corpse.His eyes tracked Lena first. She moved across the ballroom like a queen ascending her throne, draped in sapphir
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