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The Calm Before The Storm
Eliot stood in front of the tall glass building once again. Roarke Innovations towered above him like a giant, its sleek edges and mirrored surface reflecting the early morning sky. The city bustled around him, but his mind was still. Focused.This was not the same Eliot who had walked into this place the first time, caught off guard by the twisted fate that placed Marcus and Lana right in front of him. That Eliot had been shaken. This one—this one had fire in his blood and a plan in his mind.He walked through the glass doors, his footsteps deliberate, confident. The receptionist greeted him politely, and the guards nodded him through without question. As he stepped into the elevator, he stared at his reflection in the mirrored walls.He looked calm.Too calm.But inside, his thoughts were burning.When the elevator dinged and the doors slid open to the executive floor, Eliot stepped out and walked towards the boardroom. He passed assistants and analysts who barely looked up from the
The Unknown Truth
Eliot reached home, but something in him didn’t settle.He dropped his keys on the counter, loosened his tie, and sat on the edge of the couch. But his mind wouldn’t stop spinning. It circled around Marcus’s face, Lana’s name, and that smug grin that had haunted him since graduation.Married. They were married.The house was quiet, yet his heart thumped loud, steady, and heavy.He leaned forward, elbows on knees, hands locked together.How did this happen?He had to know. The past couldn’t just reshape itself without leaving a trail. The system—he still had that. Maybe it could dig where he couldn’t.He sat up and spoke into the silence.“System,” he said. “Find out how Marcus ended up marrying Lana Roarke. Everything. I need the full story.”The familiar soft hum responded in his ear.> [Request received. Gathering historical data, private sources, and public records. Please wait...]The pause felt like forever.Eliot stood, pacing the living room in slow, tight steps. The air felt w
An Enemy From The Past .
The glass building loomed like a giant—sleek, mirrored, and proud of its own reflection. Eliot stepped out of the car, adjusting the tie he barely cared about. His eyes scanned the bold letters above the entrance: Roarke Innovations. The name alone made his stomach twist.He took a breath, squared his shoulders, and walked through the automatic doors.Inside, everything gleamed—white marble floors, tall indoor plants, polished brass signs. A woman at the reception desk looked up, her smile professional.“Welcome to Roarke Innovations. Do you have an appointment?”Eliot nodded. “I’m here to meet Mr. Calven Roarke. I’m an investor from overseas. He’s expecting me.”She typed something quickly, then nodded. “Please take the elevator to the 25th floor. He’s waiting in the boardroom.”Eliot stepped into the elevator, his mind buzzing. The system had given him the entry. Everything about today was planned—but he hadn’t planned for the nerves creeping in now.Keep it together, he told himsel
The Unknown Enemy
The door flew off its hinges with a deafening blast, smoke and splinters filling the air.Max lunged forward, teeth bared, a growl tearing from his throat. Eliot reacted without thinking—he grabbed Wynn by the collar and shoved him behind the kitchen island.“Stay down!” he yelled, already pulling up the system interface with a flick of his wrist.[System Alert: Five intruders detected. Targeting weapons identified. Initiating defense protocol…]Eliot moved like a shadow, smooth and sharp. His senses heightened—he could hear their boots scrape the tiles, feel the tension in the air like static.“Don’t move!” one of the masked men shouted, stepping through the smoke, gun raised.Eliot didn’t listen.In a blink, the lights went out. A strobe of red emergency beams pulsed along the ceiling as the system rerouted the power.[System Activated: Shadow Step – duration 10 seconds.]Eliot’s body flickered, moving faster than the eye could follow. He ducked under a wild bullet, slid across the
Broken Hearts and Shared Truth
The drive back to the apartment was quiet, save for the low hum of the car and Max’s occasional grumble from the backseat. Eliot kept one hand on the wheel, the other clenched tight in his lap. His mind was still racing—gunfire, smoke, that masked shooter. But beside him sat Dr. Malcolm Wynn, slumped, reeking of oil and cheap whiskey, silent like a man half-dead.Eliot glanced at him. "You alright?"Wynn didn’t answer. Just stared out the window, eyes unfocused.When they finally pulled into the underground garage, Eliot shut off the engine and turned to him.“Come on. We’re safe now.”Wynn stepped out slowly, as if every movement weighed more than his bones could carry. Eliot guided him into the elevator, Max close behind, ears alert.Inside the apartment, Wynn stood frozen by the doorway, staring at the clean floors, the glass walls, the quiet glow of the city lights beyond.“This yours?” he asked, voice hoarse.“Yeah,” Eliot replied, tossing his keys on the counter. “Not always. Bu
The Forgotten Genius
The night was colder than usual, wind scraping at Eliot’s jacket like it wanted to peel the resolve off his skin. Max padded silently beside him, ears alert, nose twitching with every strange scent they passed. The city glimmered in the distance, but this far out, the air changed—thicker with rust, oil, and forgotten things.Eliot stared at the address glowing on his system’s interface. It flickered on his left retina like a ghost light: Kiernan’s Auto Salvage, Lot 12B, Sector 6.He stepped over a bent fence, its “NO TRESPASSING” sign half hanging by a single nail, and into the shadows of twisted metal and stacked car corpses. The air smelled like rain and old gasoline.The junkyard looked dead.But something told him it wasn’t.“Keep close,” he whispered to Max.They moved between hollowed car shells, broken windshields crunching beneath his boots. He turned a corner—and stopped.There.A makeshift shed, patched with tarps and sheet metal, dimly lit from within. Music drifted out—sta
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