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Chapter 278
The hour passed too quickly. They started north as the sky continued its slow disintegration. Colors bled through the blue—purples and greens that didn't belong, twisting into patterns that hurt to watch. Stars flickered in and out of existence despite it being afternoon. "It's getting worse," Anna said quietly. She had Liam's arm over her shoulder, practically carrying him. "The convergence is accelerating." "He knows we escaped," Garcia said. She was on point, eyes constantly scanning. "He's pushing faster because he knows we're coming." Miko didn't argue. It made sense. The Master had been playing a long game, but they'd disrupted enough of his plans that he was rushing now. Desperate. That made him more dangerous, not less. The forest started changing about a mile in. The trees grew twisted, bark splitting to reveal something underneath that looked like muscle. Leaves turned colors that didn't exist in nature. The ground beneath their feet felt soft in places, like walking o
Chapter 277
The prison entrance stood like a wound in the mountainside—black stone carved with symbols that made Miko's eyes water if he looked too long. Two guards flanked the door, constructs wearing human faces that didn't quite fit.Akiya crouched beside him behind the rocks, surveying the approach. "Just two?""That we can see." Miko tested his weight on his newly healed legs. They held, but barely. Anna's magic had done what it could, but full strength was still days away. "Could be more inside.""Definitely more inside." Akiya's hands sparked with small flames. "Question is how many.""Does it matter?"She looked at him. "Not really, no."They'd been tracking the prison for hours, following the residual energy signature from the battery chamber. It led here—to this forgotten outpost carved into the mountain's roots. Where the Master kept the things he didn't want found.Where he kept their friends."On three?" Akiya asked.Miko drew his blade. It felt strange in his hand after everything—l
Chapter 276
The world held its breath for exactly fourteen seconds.Then it exhaled.The tremor hit like a fist through stone. The floor bucked, throwing everyone against the bars. Dust rained from above in thick clouds. The torches went out all at once, plunging everything into complete darkness.And for three perfect seconds, the hum stopped."Now!" Garcia's voice cut through the chaos.Anna's hands were already glowing. She grabbed the bars separating her cell from Liam's and golden light flooded through the metal. On the other side, Liam gasped as healing magic rushed into him. Not enough to fix everything. Just enough to move.Blaze slammed his palms against his cell door. Fire erupted, white-hot and furious. The lock melted, metal dripping like wax. He kicked the door and it swung open with a screech.Garcia pressed her hands flat against her own bars. Her eyes closed. When they opened, the metal groaned, bending outward like clay. She squeezed through the gap, ripping her shirt on the jagg
Chapter 275
Somewhere in the abyss, the air in the prison was thick and metallic, carrying the scent of rust, dried blood, and burned stone. The walls wept moisture, and the faint hum of the suppression field echoed like an endless heartbeat. Between the rows of iron bars, faint light flickered from torches set too far down the hall to see clearly.No one spoke for a long time. The silence wasn’t peace — it was the stunned kind that comes after survival.Blaze was the first to break it.“So,” he said, voice rough, “that was fun.”Across the corridor, Garcia lifted her head. Her dark hair clung to her forehead, matted with blood and sweat. “Fun?” she repeated, disbelief flat in her tone.Blaze leaned against the wall and groaned. “Terrible word choice. I meant horrifying. But we’re alive.”Anna let out a hollow laugh. “Alive doesn’t mean safe. Or free.”Liam stirred in the far cell, his voice rasping. “Better alive than what they planned for us.”Anna turned sharply toward him. “You should be rest
Chapter 274
They made it to a cave. The cave smelled like wet stone and old earth. Water dripped somewhere in the dark, a steady rhythm that echoed off unseen walls. Akiya had found the place by accident—stumbling through a crack in the chamber's geometry that spat them out into normal reality. Or something close to it. She'd collapsed the moment they were through. Just dropped to her knees and stayed there, ribs heaving, vision swimming. Miko had pulled himself along the ground using his arms until he reached the cave's back wall. Then he'd hauled himself into a sitting position and gone still. That was an hour ago. Maybe two. Time felt slippery after the chamber. Akiya watched him from across the cave. His eyes were closed, hands resting palm-up on his thighs. Meditating. Or trying to. His breathing had settled into something deep and measured, but every few minutes his jaw would clench. A muscle would jump in his neck. Whatever he was doing in there, it wasn't peaceful. She should sleep
Chapter 273
Akiya moved first. Elena barely had time to register the shift in her stance before flames erupted between them. Not wild fire. Controlled. Deliberate. The kind of heat that didn't just burn—it unmade. "Wait—" Elena's hand came up, but the word died in her throat. Miko watched from where he leaned against the wall, his legs useless beneath him. He should have said something. Stopped her. But he didn't. Akiya's expression was blank. Not angry. Not sad. Just empty. Elena stumbled backward, her form flickering. The smooth construct perfection wavered, revealing something underneath. Cracks. Fine lines spiderwebbing across her skin like porcelain left in frost. "I thought you'd choose differently," Akiya said. Her voice carried no judgment. Just fact. "I did choose." Elena's words came out fragmented. "I chose you. I chose—" "You chose survival." Akiya stepped forward. "There's a difference." The flames intensified. Not touching Elena yet, but close enough that the heat distorted
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