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The storm outside the Callahan Tower intensified as clouds rolled across the late afternoon sky, casting long shadows over the glass walls while Finn, Nadia, and Henry continued sorting through the mountain of documents that Ruth had left behind. Their minds were still shaken from the revelation buried in the ledger—Ruth’s hidden child, Elias Crowne’s signature on multiple financial records, and the unmistakable signature of Finn’s father anchoring the darkest pages of the past.

The weight of the discovery settled heavily on the room, yet none of them had the luxury of processing the emotional fallout, because time was no longer on their side. Shawn’s taunts were too targeted, too precise, and too informed for comfort, which meant Ruth’s secrets were now vulnerable, and their enemies were far more prepared than Finn ever imagined.

Footsteps echoed sharply outside the conference room before the door swung open with abrupt force, revealing Audrey standing pale and breathless. Her usuall

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The corridor leading to Vault Theta spiraled downward like the throat of some enormous mechanical beast, filled with the metallic echo of Finn’s footsteps as he sprinted through the narrowing passage, driven by a mixture of terror, fury, and desperate parental instinct that burned hotter than any Caelis energy he had ever summoned.Red warning lights pulsed along the walls in frantic rhythm, casting the entire descent in an eerie, blood-colored haze while the deeper levels of the facility groaned under the strain of collapsing security systems and Rowan’s relentless digital sabotage spreading through every unstable circuit.Rowan’s voice crackled through the comms with frantic urgency. “Finn, you’re almost there! The lift carrying Shawn reached the lower vault, but I managed to delay the full lockdown by forcing the AI into an error loop. You need to move now, before it resets and seals everything permanently.”Nadia’s voice followed with a harsh, trembling breath. “Finn, please be ca
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The instant the neural-link device descended toward Finn’s head, the entire chamber shuddered violently as alarms erupted through the facility, blaring with a pitch so sharp it felt like needles slicing through the air, signaling a breach far more severe than any previous intrusion.Rowan screamed through the comms with unrestrained panic, his voice distorted by static as though even the signal struggled to survive the chaos. “Finn, the facility just overloaded! Multiple security layers collapsed at once. Someone triggered the failsafe, and LUXON is diverting every unit to your location right now!”Elias stiffened on the screen, fury flashing across his expression for the first time, because the orchestrated calm he always carried cracked under the realization that something he had not predicted was unfolding directly under his control.Shawn reacted faster than anyone, spinning around with predatory instinct as the chamber lights flickered violently, casting shadows that twisted acro
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The observation chamber felt unbearably heavy as Finn stood beneath the harsh white lights, the magnetic restraints humming softly around his wrists while Elias waited on the massive hovering screen with the poised arrogance of a man certain victory had already unfolded exactly as he envisioned.Nadia watched Finn with widening eyes, her breath trembling in her chest because she sensed a dangerous shift in his posture—something too quiet, too controlled, too hollow to be genuine agreement, yet terrifying enough to resemble surrender in the eyes of anyone who didn’t know him intimately.Henry leaned against the wall with grim determination, trying to stay conscious despite the unbearable pain tearing through his abdomen, refusing to lose sight of Finn for even a second because he understood exactly what Elias demanded and what Finn was about to sacrifice.Shawn stood nearby with a self-satisfied smirk, arms crossed with mocking pride as he admired the scene unfolding like a theatrical
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The moment Elias’s last words faded through the speakers, the entire observation chamber seemed to constrict around Finn like a breathing metallic creature waiting for his surrender, tightening its grip with every throb of energy pulsing through the reinforced floor beneath his feet.Nadia jerked against her restraints, eyes brimming with panic, sensing the direction Elias’s intentions were moving, because every syllable he chose carried a lethal undertone that suggested he had prepared for this confrontation long before Finn even learned the truth about his existence.Henry lifted his head despite the pain crushing his abdomen, his gaze locked on Finn with desperation, silently begging him not to make a choice that would cost his humanity, even though they all knew the decision had already been placed cruelly into motion.Shawn stepped forward, standing beneath the massive hovering screen with a smirk carved into his face, watching Finn with greedy anticipation as if he were witnessi
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The descent into the final underground tier felt unbearably suffocating, as if every rung of the ladder dragged Finn deeper into a throat carved from darkness, metal, and despair, with each meter amplifying the pulse of his child’s aura resonating faintly through the walls.Henry gritted his teeth as he climbed down behind Finn, breathing heavily but forcing himself to continue despite the agony stabbing through his abdomen with every movement, determined not to become a burden while Finn marched toward the truth he had been denied for years.Nadia moved with silent intensity, her blade already drawn, every muscle in her body primed with lethal precision, because she knew they were entering the most dangerous chamber LUXON had ever crafted—a place where no mistake would be forgiven and no mercy would be offered.Rowan whispered urgently through the comms, static crackling like angry sparks. “Finn, readings are chaotic down there. Multiple life signatures are flickering. Something is i
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The moment Finn stepped out of the psychological chamber, the air changed violently around him, as if the facility itself inhaled sharply and awakened in full predatory consciousness, responding to his presence with hostility that pulsed through every metal plate and every darkened corridor.Nadia felt the shift too, her hand immediately tightening around her blade’s hilt, eyes sharpening with instinctive recognition that the entire underground complex had transitioned from passive surveillance to active containment mode, preparing to crush intruders with brutal efficiency.Henry limped forward, ignoring the pain radiating along his ribs, because he sensed Finn slipping from shock into deadly clarity, the kind of focused rage that made him capable of breaking every wall LUXON placed between him and the truth hidden beneath this cursed facility.Rowan’s voice exploded through their comm pieces, laced with panic and static. “Finn! Something is happening. The system is rerouting all psyc

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