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Chapter 207My eyes darted back and forth, and we were not sure of where to move. “ What do we do?” I shouted, looking at Silas, who seemed to be lost just the way I was. “ You fucking said that you know the way around here! That is what you told me.” I yelled at him. “ There is no time for all of this, Adrain. We either move or we all die here, and trust me, I don't want to die in this place.” Elira said with blood like sweat dripping down her jawline. “ Are you telling me to leave my sister behind? We came here because we wanted to find both of them, and now that you found her, you are just going to leave my sister and bounce?” Silas said with his mouth twitching. I could see the bitterness, the anger in his voice, but then, we had walked into the lion's den, and it was obvious that if we didn't leave now, we were soon going to become his food.“ We don't have the time for any of this, Silas. You see what we are up against. I can't take on the Warden alone, and neither can you.
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Chapter 206My face went pale. Like life had flown from my body. The look on her face showed she was devoid of any emotions.It was like I was seeing another Zee right in front of me, although I was not sure if I was the one taking things too far. For a heartbeat, I couldn’t breathe. My mind refused to connect the woman I’d been risking my life for with the thing staring back at me.Her voice—so familiar, so warm in my memory—was colder now. It curled through the air like smoke, soft but carrying a weight that made my skin prickle.“Zee…” My voice cracked, and I hated myself for it.She tilted her head, the chains clinking lightly against the wall. “You still call me that?” Her lips curved, not in the way they used to when she laughed, but into something slow, deliberate, and dangerous.Elira stepped forward, blade in her good hand. “What did he do to you?”Zee’s gaze flickered to her, then back to me. “He didn’t do anything I didn’t allow.”Behind us, Silas hissed, “We don’t have ti
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Chapter 205As we stood before the Warden, who was the only thing standing between me and my girlfriend. I felt like I should charge forward, but then I knew it was going to be stupid of me, or probably be my death. The Warden stood with reassurance, and that scared the shit out of me. The Warden’s voice rolled through the corridor like distant thunder, low and vibrating in my bones. Every instinct screamed at me to move, but my legs felt rooted to the spot.Elira’s hand inched toward her blade. Park stepped forward, squaring his shoulders. The dim light from a flickering bulb above cast our shadows across the Warden’s frame, making him seem even larger.Silas’s breath hitched beside me. “That’s him,” he whispered, his voice tight with remembered terror.“ Looks like you came back with the company.” The Warden tilted his head slightly, as if examining a particularly interesting insect. “Three intruders… and a rat who knows the way in.” His gaze lingered on Silas, and I felt the bo
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Chapter 204Silas tapped his finger against a darkened section of the map, a patch of land tucked near the city’s industrial outskirts.“If they’re back, and if they’re hunting keys… they’ll be somewhere people don’t go. Places forgotten.” His voice was low, almost a whisper, as though speaking the words aloud might draw the Hollow Guard straight to us.I leaned closer, my gaze darting over the map like I recognised it. My gaze caught a section of it, and my hand landed on a spot. “That’s an abandoned factory district. It’s been sealed off for years.”Elira didn’t look convinced. “Sealed off from civilians, maybe. Not from the Guard. They like isolation. It’s easier to break people without the sound carrying.”The idea of Zee alone in a place like that made my stomach churn. I clenched my jaw and studied Silas. “And you’re sure?”He shrugged. “I’m not sure of anything except that if she’s still alive, they’re using her. Either as bait… or to drain her.”Park’s hands curled into fists
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Chapter 203 The boy’s trembling hand brushed dirt from his cheek, his black hair matted from sweat and fear. He was younger than I’d thought—maybe sixteen at most—but his eyes carried something that made him look decades older.“What’s your name?” I asked, still trying to shake off the sharp edge of anger in my voice.“Silas,” he muttered, glancing between me, Park, and Elira like he was deciding whether to bolt or trust us. “And I’ll help you. But you need to understand something… the people who took your friend? They’re not the same ones you’ve been fighting.”That made me pause. “Not the same? Then who—”I ran my hands through my hair. Who are these people, and what do they want?“They’re worse,” he cut in, swallowing hard. “They’re called the Hollow Guard. They’re hunters… but not like normal hunters. They don’t just track powers—they feed on them.”Elira’s head snapped toward him. “The Hollow Guard hasn’t been active in years. If they’re back—”“They are,” Silas said quickly, hi
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Chapter 202Void. Emptiness.Call it whatever name you want to call it, that was what I felt when Zee was taken. It felt like a part of me was stolen. Park was scared to talk to me, or maybe he felt what I was feeling, too. The weight of Zee’s absence hit like a punch to the gut. I could still hear her scream in my head, and it wouldn’t stop replaying. My breathing grew ragged, every inhale sharp, every exhale heavier.Park staggered toward the trees, his hands curling into fists. “I’m going after them—”“You’ll die in the first thirty seconds,” Elira snapped, grabbing his arm. “That’s not bravery, Park. That’s stupidity.”His eyes flashed dangerously. “She’s like a sister to me. Do you think I am going to stand and watch while she is being used like a guinea pig?!”“They won't kill her because they need her,” Elira said sharply, her gaze cutting between us. “For now. But if you charge after them without a plan, you’ll be handing them exactly what they want—two keys instead of one.
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