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Chapter 21 – When the Storm Breaks
Ryan hadn’t slept.He sat on the tunnel floor, back against the damp stone, staring at the faint sparks dancing across his fingertips. His mind replayed the battle over and over—the shadows lunging for Olivia, her scream, the fear in her eyes.Maya’s words echoed in the silence: If you keep her with you, you put her in the jaws of every enemy.Ryan clenched his fists, lightning flashing briefly. He could never send her away. But he also couldn’t shake the truth. Every time she was near him, she was a target.A small hand touched his arm. Olivia had stirred from the bedroll beside him, rubbing sleep from her eyes. “You’re still awake?”Ryan forced a smile. “Couldn’t sleep.”“You’re thinking too loud again,” she teased softly, resting her chin on her knees.Ryan looked at her—the stubborn courage in her tired face. She was just a kid, but she carried the weight of his storms without complaint.“I’ll keep you
Chapter 20 – Chains of the Heart
The tunnel was quiet, but Ryan’s body still buzzed with the echoes of battle. Every nerve ached, and his veins pulsed faintly with lingering lightning.Olivia sat across from him, her knees tucked to her chest. Her face was pale, her eyes red from holding back tears.Ryan hated himself for it.He leaned forward, elbows on his knees. “Olivia… I’m sorry. I keep dragging you into this. If you weren’t with me, you wouldn’t—”“Stop,” she cut in, her voice sharp even through her tremor.Ryan blinked.Olivia’s fists clenched. “Don’t you dare blame yourself. I chose this. I’m here because you’re my brother. I’d rather face all this with you than be safe without you.”Her voice cracked at the last word, but her eyes didn’t waver.Ryan’s chest tightened. She was small, fragile in a world tearing itself apart, and yet her courage cut deeper than lightning ever could.“I just… I don’t want to lose you too,” he whispered.Olivia crawled forward, pressing her forehead against his shoulder. “Then do
Chapter 19 – Hunter of Storms
The air in the tunnels smelled of ozone again.Ryan stood with his arms outstretched, lightning arcing between his palms in a controlled sphere. Sweat streamed down his face as he fought to hold the unstable mass together. His veins glowed faintly, the storm thrumming in rhythm with his heartbeat.“Steady,” Maya commanded, circling him like a hawk. “Don’t crush it. Don’t let it slip. Flow with it.”Ryan gritted his teeth. The storm wanted to break free, to lash out wildly. His every muscle trembled from the effort.“I’m… trying,” he gasped.Olivia stood nearby, biting her lip. “You’re doing better than yesterday!” she said quickly. “Just a little more!”For a moment, Ryan steadied it. The sphere pulsed smoothly, humming like a living heart. He almost smiled.Then the storm surged. The sphere exploded in a burst of light and crackling force. Ryan was thrown back, crashing against the tunnel wall. Dust and sparks rain
Chapter 18 – Echoes of the Past
The tunnels were quiet again, but silence didn’t mean safety.Ryan sat on the cold concrete, back against a pillar, Olivia’s soft breathing steady as she slept beside him. His body still ached from the raid, but it was his mind that refused to rest.The soldiers’ faces haunted him. Men thrown aside like ragdolls, their suits sparking as he fried circuits near their hearts. He hadn’t killed them—he was almost certain—but the storm inside him had been eager, relentless.He flexed his fingers, watching faint sparks dance across his skin. “What am I turning into?”“You’re turning into what you were always meant to be.”Maya’s voice came from the shadows, calm, cool, yet edged with something heavier than her usual stoicism.Ryan glanced up at her. She sat on a broken bench across from him, her blade resting across her knees. For once, she wasn’t drilling him with orders. Her eyes studied him with something almost like… sorrow.
Chapter 17 – Hunted on All Sides
The sound came first.Boots. Dozens of them. Heavy, synchronized. The faint metallic clatter of weapons being readied.Ryan jolted awake, sparks flickering across his arms before he even opened his eyes. Olivia stirred beside him, and Maya was already on her feet, blade drawn, eyes cold and sharp.“They’ve found us,” she said simply.Ryan scrambled up, heart hammering. “How?”Maya’s lips tightened. “We stayed too long. Cameras, drones, informants—it was only a matter of time.”The echo of a megaphone carried down the subway tunnels.“Ryan Carter! By order of the State Security Division, surrender immediately! You are surrounded. Resistance will be met with lethal force.”Olivia’s hand clutched Ryan’s sleeve. “Ryan…”He squeezed her hand, trying to steady her—and himself. “I won’t let them take us.”Maya’s gaze was like steel. “Then prove your storm has meaning.”---The first flashbang shattered the silence, its blinding light flooding the tunnels.Ryan threw his arm up instinctively,
Chapter 16 – The Storm Within
The abandoned subway station was damp and cold, but it was the only place Ryan could breathe.He sat against a crumbling pillar, every muscle aching from the fight. Sparks still crawled along his arms like restless snakes, refusing to fade. His body trembled, not from pain alone but from the storm inside—wild, unstable, hungry.Every time he closed his eyes, he saw crimson eyes in the dark, the General’s smirk as if Ryan had been nothing more than a toy.“I wasn’t strong enough,” he muttered. His fists clenched, sparks jumping between his knuckles. “I couldn’t stop him. If Maya hadn’t been there…”“You survived.”Maya’s voice was cool as always. She knelt nearby, tending a shallow cut on her arm. “That alone is a feat against a General. Most would be dead.”Ryan let out a bitter laugh. “Survived by running. That’s not a victory.”Maya’s gaze sharpened. “You want victory? Then earn it. Train until your storm bends to your will instead of tearing you apart.”Ryan swallowed, throat dry.
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