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Chapter 228: The Resistant One!
Mr. Copper and Dr. Sam stopped just outside Celestine’s room, close enough to hear the steady pulse of the heart monitor through the wall, but far enough that their words would not carry back to her or Jackson.“I think she’s the one,” Dr. Sam said first, his voice low but weighted with certainty.Copper turned his head slowly, the deep lines in his face tightening. “You mean the resistant one?”“Yes.” Dr. Sam’s answer was immediate, his eyes narrowing as though even saying it aloud carried danger. “Her DNA… it’s unlike anything I’ve studied before. It’s coded strangely—almost reversed. It mirrors the same shift Philip’s body underwent after he stumbled upon the Flameborn. Only with her, it’s not temporary. It’s permanent. Written into her blood.”Copper exhaled hard through his nose, the sound more like a growl than a sigh. The revelation hit him like a ton of bricks. He pressed his palm against the wall as though steadying himself against the weight of it. “So you’re saying… there’s
Chapter 227: Questions Without Answers!
The room hummed with the faint buzz of machinery as the last scan flickered across the monitor. A thin green line danced up and down on the screen, steady, unyielding, almost too perfect. The doctor, Sam Simpson—an older man whose years in medicine had carved deep grooves in his face—stood still for a long while, staring as if waiting for the machine to correct itself.Sam Simpson was an old friend of Copper and Philip Hart while Philip was still alive. As a mater of fact, he was the doctor who attended to Philip all through his life time down to the day he died.He had been out of the country for over a year and had just returned three days ago. Copper had called him in when Jackson called to report what had happened, as the only doctor he could trust with such sensitive issues was Sam.Copper had not been himself all day as he was still trying to make sense of what could be responsible for Celestine's immunty, and the only thing that could come to his mind was the possibility that
Chapter 227: Questions Without Answers!
The room hummed with the faint buzz of machinery as the last scan flickered across the monitor. A thin green line danced up and down on the screen, steady, unyielding, almost too perfect. The doctor, Sam Simpson—an older man whose years in medicine had carved deep grooves in his face—stood still for a long while, staring as if waiting for the machine to correct itself.Sam Simpson was an old friend of Copper and Philip Hart while Philip was still alive. As a mater of fact, he was the doctor who attended to Philip all through his life time down to the day he died.He had been out of the country for over a year and had just returned three days ago. Copper had called him in when Jackson called to report what had happened, as the only doctor he could trust with such sensitive issues was Sam.Copper had not been himself all day as he was still trying to make sense of what could be responsible for Celestine's immunty, and the only thing that could come to his mind was the possibility that
Chapter 226: Shaken Allies!
The elevator hummed as it carried Jackson, Bella and Celestine back into the familiar safety of Sky Tower, but there was no comfort in its polished walls or in the quiet sweep of lights overhead. Jackson leaned against the glass panel, his mind refusing to settle. Bella stood across from him, arms folded over her chest, her face pale from what they had just endured. Celestine remained silent, her hands clasped together as if still testing whether they would tremble.When the doors slid open, the penthouse floor greeted them with its usual hush, but even here, the air felt heavy, brittle, as though the chaos they’d escaped had followed them inside.Mr. Copper was the first to break the silence. He turned, his expression drawn in stone, his voice low but firm.Jackson had called him earlier to report to him what had just happened and how Celestine had shielded them from Tyler's attack.Copper had requested that Celestine be brought back to Sky Tower but didn't say anything further befo
Chapter 225: The Replica’s Demand!
The air shimmered between them like a heatwave, the unnatural hum of Tyler’s corrupted energy pressing on their lungs, bending the light, warping the space itself. Jackson could feel it crawling against his skin as though it was a distorted reflection of the person he once used to be.Tyler’s smile widened, his voice unsteady yet sharp. “The Flameborn Compass, Jackson. Hand it over, or…” His gaze slid to Bella, predatory. “…she burns.”Bella’s breath hitched, but she didn’t back away. She stood tall behind Jackson, though her fingers gripped the edge of the car door so tightly her knuckles whitened.“You won’t touch her,” Jackson said, voice low, steady, and deadly serious. Tyler laughed, the sound fractured like glass cracking. “Always the protector. Always playing the hero. But you don't have that ability anymore Jackson."The distortion in the air thickened, swirling into jagged arcs of light, splitting cracks in the ground. Bella stumbled back, shielding her face from the stingi
Chapter 224: A Fractured Heart!
The safehouse lobby was quiet, too quiet for a city that never seemed to sleep. Jackson kept his hood up as he slipped through the revolving doors, the night air still heavy with the drizzle from Dylan’s funeral. His shoes squelched faintly against the floor, his body heavy as if every step dragged the weight of another coffin behind him.He didn’t want Sky Tower. Didn’t want the suite where memories waited at every corner. He needed somewhere no one would look, somewhere Elara’s eyes wouldn’t reach. That was why he had hidden Celestine here. And now, in his grief, his steps carried him straight to her.After leaving the small hotel on the night that Dylan had died, Jackson was able to find a safehouse that was off the radar and he believed Celestine would be safe there.She had been there for two days, and in those two days, Celestine has been safe and untracked by Elara's men.The key turned and the door opened.Inside, Celestine was curled on the armchair by the window, a thin bla
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