2025-05-27 07:03:00Zurich – Black-Site Facility, 72 Hours Later
Even buried beneath a kilometer of stone and steel, Darius felt the tremor.
Not physical—psychic. A pulse. A murmur. Like a thought that didn’t belong to him brushing against his mind.
He was in the observation chamber, watching Aurora’s suspended form. Still. Silent. The pod glowed faintly under quantum dampeners and bio-neural stasis fields. Around him, data streamed from every corner of the chamber—vitals, resonance scans, synaptic flickers.
All stable. All quiet.
Too quiet.
Jules burst into the room, tablet in hand, face pale. “We’ve got a problem.”
Darius didn’t flinch. “How bad?”
Jules turned the display. “Something’s pinging the relay satellites again. Weak signal. Buried in junk code, boun
Previous Chapter
Latest Chapter
Chapter 38- Shadows Over Dawn
Two Months Later – Geneva, New Transparency OfficeThe conference room was stark white and eerily quiet, a vast contrast to the chaos that had once ruled the corridors. Darius Voss stood at the head of the table, his posture rigid, shoulders squared. Before him sat the founding members of the newly minted Transparency Initiative—a lean cadre of ex-agents, whistle-blowers, journalists, and idealists.Cassia observed from the back, arms folded. Her eyes burned with cautious hope. Jules peered at Darius from across the table, the ever-present tablet cradled in his hands. Natalia sat beside him, fingers interlaced, waiting for the final word.Darius cleared his throat. “We’ve exposed the Consortium. We’ve shattered Lucidity’s dream. We’ve delivered the truth into the world. But the job isn’t done.” His gaze swept the group. “Power vacuums attract vultures. There are
Chapter 37- Embers in Code
The night air was sharp with the tang of ionized ozone, a storm building over the city like a mirrored version of the chaos roiling inside Elias Vane.He leaned over the steel balcony of the derelict high-rise on the outskirts of Ravenport, staring at the blinking city lights below. Across the sprawl, hidden among the illuminated windows, was someone pulling the strings—someone who had orchestrated the death of his brother, the frame job, and the Consortium’s rise. Elias could almost feel them watching. Always watching.Behind him, Natalia stepped out of the shadows of the rooftop access, her boots quiet on the gravel. “We decrypted the second half of the Architect’s fail-safe file,” she said, slipping a flash drive into his palm. “You need to see this.”Elias plugged it into the tactical interface on his wrist. The projection flickered into life above the drive—lines of co
Chapter 36- The Ghost Signal
Zurich – Black-Site Facility, 72 Hours LaterEven buried beneath a kilometer of stone and steel, Darius felt the tremor.Not physical—psychic. A pulse. A murmur. Like a thought that didn’t belong to him brushing against his mind.He was in the observation chamber, watching Aurora’s suspended form. Still. Silent. The pod glowed faintly under quantum dampeners and bio-neural stasis fields. Around him, data streamed from every corner of the chamber—vitals, resonance scans, synaptic flickers.All stable. All quiet.Too quiet.Jules burst into the room, tablet in hand, face pale. “We’ve got a problem.”Darius didn’t flinch. “How bad?”Jules turned the display. “Something’s pinging the relay satellites again. Weak signal. Buried in junk code, boun
Chapter 35-The Backup Protocol
Two Days Later – Paris OutskirtsThe air still tasted like smoke and ozone. Even from the hill overlooking the wreckage, the haunting silence of the Lucidity Tower’s fall echoed in the minds of those who had witnessed it. Scavenger drones swarmed the ruins, dissecting the once-immortal structure piece by piece, like ants crawling over a fallen god.Darius stood alone, the file Jules had given him clutched tightly in his hand. It was encrypted, triple-layered with Farouk’s signature codes. That meant one thing: the contents were volatile. Possibly world-ending.He lit a cigarette, staring into the wreckage. The silence didn’t comfort him. It warned him.Jules joined him moments later, eyes rimmed with exhaustion. “Decryption’s complete,” he said. “You need to see this.”They descended into a temporary ops trailer set up a few h
Chapter 34-Tower of Illusions
Paris – Lucidity Tower PerimeterThe rain came down like whispers—soft, insidious, and heavy with foreboding. Paris glittered in the distance under the weight of modern decay, its once-romantic streets now lined with surveillance, drones, and the faint blue glow of Lucidity’s omnipresent influence.The tower loomed over the skyline like a monolith. Jet black, faceless, alive with veins of neon circuits pulsing up its steel skin, it stood as Aurora Lang’s cathedral—her sanctuary, her fortress, her crown jewel.Darius adjusted the cuffs of his tactical suit as he crouched beside a rusting ventilation access, breathing in the cold air that smelled faintly of ozone and oil. Beside him, Cassia synced her scanners, eyes sharp beneath her wet, tousled hair.“Security grid’s tighter than a drum,” she muttered. “Biometric locks, heat sensors, quantum encry
Chapter 33: The Cairo Gambit
At Cairo – Three Days Later The scent of hot desert air mingled with the smog of the city. Cairo was alive, chaotic—a world of ancient history clashing with the madness of modernity. It was a place where secrets were buried in plain sight, and the truth was always harder to find beneath the surface. Darius stood on a crowded balcony overlooking the Nile. A city that had seen centuries of empires rise and fall now hummed with its own pulse, a city that never quite seemed to change, but always had a way of swallowing the unprepared. The team had arrived in Cairo under the cover of darkness. They were here to meet someone who could change everything. A defected high-level executive from Lucidity who had gone underground and disappeared into the shadows of the city. Jules had tracked him to a nondescript alley near the old city gates. No name, no face to the public, but he was someone who had once worked alo
You may also like
The Hidden Successor In Disguise
SHIROE75.0K viewsWISH TO BE RICH
South Ashan75.3K viewsThe Midnight Heir
South Ashan97.0K viewsTop Expert in Floraville
Earth at Dawn150.1K viewsThe Unstoppable Jack Bolton
AUTHOR C41.8K viewsThe Mafia Boss’ Successor
K Thurah3.3K viewsThe Return of Adrian Scott
Wan620 viewsHEIR TO THE NOAH’S EMPIRE(son-in-law)
Trevor.M.Muma2.1K views