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Chapter 42
The silence was a kind of violence.Not the dramatic kind that screamed with alarms or echoed with gunfire—but the insidious, suffocating sort. The kind that pressed down on the bones. That crawled under the skin. That crept into the soul and whispered, You’re alone.Sophia Riven sat bound to a metal chair in the center of a room built to erase people. No clock. No window. No reflection. The lights overhead burned bright and sterile, casting sharp-edged shadows on the concrete floor. It was cold, but not freezing. Just enough to make her feel exposed. Just enough to keep her slightly uncomfortable—perpetually vulnerable..Her wrists ached from the cuffs. Her lips were dry. Her legs, asleep. She had no idea how long she’d been here—six hours? Twelve? A day?But time had stopped mattering the moment Commander Nox whispered the words that shattered her world.“Your husband is Cipher. He is Malachi Volkov.”She stared blankly at the wall ahead of her now, but her mind… her mind was alive.
Chapter 41
"Third Point Of View''The night sky hung like an obsidian curtain over the mountain pass, broken only by the muted pulse of infrared scanners and the occasional drone slicing silently through the clouds. Wind howled over the rocks like the ghosts of old wars—wars that had never truly ended.Deep inside a bunker carved into the heart of a forgotten Volkov stronghold, Logan Styles—no, Malachi Volkov—stood alone.He didn’t wear a mask. Not yet. But the man staring at his reflection in the polished steel panel wasn’t Logan anymore. His eyes were darker, colder. His jaw clenched harder. The hesitation… gone.Behind him, footsteps echoed—slow, deliberate.General Steele, bruised and still partially recovering from his wounds, stepped into the room. Beside him were two older men in suits that didn’t belong in any government today. Their faces were aged by time, but their presence still sharp—military, calculated, and alert.Steele’s voice was low. “They came. Just like I told you they wou
Chapter 40
'Third Point Of View' The evening air outside the Riven Foundation building clung to the skin—heavy with spring warmth and the low hum of passing cars. Sophia Riven stood at the steps in her heels, phone pressed to her ear, her other hand gripping her bag strap tighter than she realized.It had been eight days since Logan disappeared.Eight long, aching days.And she was tired of pretending she didn’t care.At first, she'd told herself it was nothing—he probably needed space. Maybe he was dealing with stress or one of his usual silent moods. But as the hours turned to days, and the days into an unbearable, crawling week, concern had twisted into confusion… and now settled as a cold fury in her chest.The phone on her ear buzzed with the voice of Ava, her assistant and closest confidante.“…have you at least heard anything?” Ava asked. “No texts? No sightings?”“No, Ava,” Sophia muttered, pinching the bridge of her nose. “Not a single call. No note. No explanation. Just…” She glance
Chapter 39: Project Canon Forte – The Rise and Ruin of Cipher
"Third Point Of View''The wind howled through the shattered windows of the diner like a ghost mourning the dead. Glass crunched under Logan’s boots as he dragged General Steele into the kitchen, weaving between overturned tables and bullet-riddled walls. The once-cozy establishment reeked now of blood, gunpowder, and the echo of war.Steele was losing color fast, his breaths shallow and uneven. Logan laid him down gently against a rusted fridge, securing the bandage over the gunshot wound with trembling hands. Blood soaked through instantly.But the general’s eyes—grey, hard, and defiant—remained locked on Logan’s face.“They’re coming after you,” Steele rasped. “Because they finally know who you are.”Logan’s hands froze.Steele coughed, flecks of blood staining his lips. “Malachi Volkov didn’t die at Ridgegate.”The name hit Logan like a blade between the ribs.“You survived. You disappeared. But Project Canon Forte… your father’s vision… the Volkov legacy—it’s not finished.”Logan
Chapter 38
The tires of the NX-9 sliced through the asphalt like a blade in the wind, silent but merciless. The motorcycle moved with surgical precision, responding to Logan’s every subtle movement as if it were part of him. Cold air whipped against his face, stinging his skin and making his eyes narrow beneath the dark visor. Night had fallen completely now, and the world around him blurred into shadows and streaks of neon—an urban jungle pulsing with hidden danger.His leather gloves creaked slightly as he tightened his grip on the handlebars. His body leaned forward, urging the machine to move faster. Ahead, the city skyline shimmered in the distance—towering steel and glass monuments to the corruption he was beginning to unravel.But that wasn’t his destination.Not yet.A sudden pulse vibrated against his ear. The encrypted comm-link—the one only a select few ever used—crackled to life again. Static hissed in his ear, followed by a fragmented voice, urgent and heavy with strain. It was Ge
Chapter 37
That night, Logan sat alone in his room. The box sat open on his desk. Papers, medals, dog tags. He held a photo of a young boy—himself—dressed in a sharp cadet uniform, standing beside a man in military gear and a woman in a white suit.His parents.He didn’t remember their faces... but something inside him stirred.The laptop screen glowed. The drive was decrypted. A terminal popped up, asking for a passphrase.He stared at the blinking cursor..Then, slowly, he typed:Cipher-Delta-29The screen accepted it.Dozens of folders unfurled across the desktop—videos, files, audio logs. As Logan clicked the first video, his own face filled the screen.A younger Malachi. Sharper. Deadlier.“Field Report #027: Malachi Volkov, Codename: Cipher. Operation: Hammerfall. If this log is recovered, and I’m dead, then the bastard finally won…”Logan leaned in.The man on the screen continued:“But if I’m still alive, if I ever see this again, that means I survived what they did to me. And if that’s
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