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11. Shattered Constellations 2
The shadow surged upward like a tidal wave of night. Its edges hissed and spat electric blue sparks that sliced through the air with a scent of scorched metal.Jacob yanked Victoria back just as a whip of cobalt lightning lashed the ground where they’d stood. The soil crystallized into black glass.Continuum’s voice boomed, brittle with strain. “Fragment of the Root, unbound. Heir, the gate will not endure long.”The Root’s fragment loomed, a jagged silhouette of living darkness. Twin eyes of burning cobalt locked on Jacob. “You waver. You wonder. That is enough.”Marcus stepped forward, transfixed. “Incredible. It’s beautiful.”“Beautiful?” Victoria snapped, blood streaking her sleeve. “It’s trying to kill us!”Another whip of lightning cracked across the plain, missing Marcus by inches. He barely flinched, grin widening.Jacob raised his voice over the storm. “Why me? Why keep calling me heir?”The Root’s reply rumbled through his bones. “Because you dream beyond the cage. You will
10. Shattered Constellations 1
The first star hit the plain like a cannon of light. A blinding flash swallowed the horizon, followed by a concussion that knocked Jacob off his feet. The ground rippled as if it were water, tossing them like rag dolls.Victoria hit hard beside him, clutching her wounded arm. Marcus sprawled forward, laughing, half-mad, as a second star streaked down in a burning arc.The black sky bloomed with thousands of incandescent streaks. A celestial storm. Each impact sent another shockwave roaring across the plain.Jacob forced himself upright against the vibrating ground. “We have to move!”Continuum’s outline flickered several yards away, the silver glow fraying at the edges. “The construct collapses. Shelter is none.”“No kidding,” Victoria muttered, dragging herself to her knees.The next impact was closer, a detonation of blue-white light that seared their retinas. A crater the size of a stadium opened where the plain had been, sparks of molten glass raining outward.Marcus staggered to
9. The Vault Awakens 3
The black vortex churned across the alien sky, swallowing the shimmering auroras until only jagged streaks of electric blue remained. A bitter wind howled over the plain, carrying a metallic tang like blood on iron. Jacob’s pulse hammered. “What is that thing?”The silver being, Continuum, glowed brighter, as though bracing against a storm. “An echo that should not be.” Its voice wavered for the first time. “It is… rupture.”Marcus tilted his head, eyes gleaming with awe. “Another force. Another power.”A second voice rumbled from the vortex, deeper and colder, each syllable splintering the air: “I am the Root. The true origin. Choose me, heir of Smith.”Jacob staggered back. The words vibrated through his ribs like the strike of a massive drum.Continuum stepped closer, light pulsing. “Ignore the shadow. It is chaos unbound.”The Root thundered, “I am the first memory. I am what your blood remembers. Continuum is only the jailer.”Victoria tightened her grip on Jacob’s arm. “This i
8. The Vault Awakens 2
The words, The key is you, vibrated through Jacob’s skull like a bell struck inside bone. He staggered, the pistol trembling in his grip. Marcus’s eyes widened, reflecting the searing blue glow. “It speaks.”Victoria whispered, “God help us.”The figure stepped fully into the corridor. Its body rippled like molten silver, a humanoid outline with no clear face, only a shifting lattice of light. Each movement left faint afterimages, as if time itself lagged behind it. Jacob forced a breath. “What are you?”The voice resonated again, deeper, everywhere at once: “I am Continuum. I am the echo of your origin.”Marcus took a reverent step forward. “You’re real.”“I am the memory of what you will become,” the voice replied.Victoria aimed her pistol with shaking hands. “Stay back!”The being tilted its shimmering head. “Fear is unnecessary. The convergence has chosen.”Marcus spread his arms, eyes shining. “We are chosen.”“One is chosen,” the voice corrected, its glow intensifying. “The k
7. The Vault Awakens 1
The sound was like a mountain tearing in half. Stone shuddered. Dust poured from the ceiling in choking clouds as an icy wind blasted through the tunnel, carrying the metallic scent of ozone.Jacob braced himself against the wall. The titanium case in his jacket felt heavier than iron.Victoria staggered to her knees, one arm slick with blood. “It’s opening,” she rasped. “Marcus, you idiot, you don’t know what you’ve unleashed.”Marcus stood perfectly still, eyes glittering with triumph. “I know exactly.”A low, rhythmic pulse rolled from the direction of the vault, like a giant’s heartbeat, each throb vibrating through the stone floor.The guard groaned, half-conscious. Jacob helped him upright, never taking his eyes off Marcus. “Step away from the vault,” Jacob ordered.Marcus smiled faintly. “And miss history?”Another tremor ripped through the corridor. Far ahead, a blinding white glow seeped from a newly formed crack in the rock. The air grew colder, sharper, as if the very oxyge
6. Trust No Blood 3
The blue shards of the shattered grid fizzed out like dying stars. For a heartbeat, the tunnel held only the howl of alarms and the low, ominous rumble from above.The hooded figures advanced, silhouettes etched in the strobing red light. The guard raised his pistol. “Stay back!”They didn’t. The first figure spread empty hands. “Jacob, we are not your enemy.”“You broke into my home,” Jacob snapped, “and threatened my family.”“Because your family threatens the world,” the second figure said. The voice, still distorted, carried a strange familiarity that prickled the back of his neck.Victoria stepped forward, trench coat swirling. “Stop this nonsense or you won’t leave alive.”The first figure tilted its head. “Hello, Victoria. Still guarding secrets no one should keep?”Something flickered in her eyes. Recognition. “You,” she said tightly. “I should have guessed.”Jacob’s pulse jumped. “You know them?”Before she could answer, a concussive boom rolled through the corridor, so deep
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