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The boarding pod slammed into the side of the crippled Executioner with the deafening crunch of tearing hull plates. High-pressure airlocks screeched as they sealed, and the magnetic clamps locked down with an iron thud.Jayden didn't wait for the mechanical cycle to clear. He raised his left arm. The Vanguard Exo-Chassis hummed, the dark-matter core spooling up into a terrifying high-pitched whine.BOOM.With a single thrust of his upgraded mechanical limb, Jayden drove his fist clean through the three-inch-thick outer hatch of the corporate frigate. Pneumatic servos shrieked, dark-matter plasma crackled along his knuckles, and with a brutal twist of his arm, he peeled the steel door open like wet paper, throwing the severed hatch down the smoke-filled corridor."Twenty bio-signatures remaining," Iris’s voice purred inside their shared neural pathway, sounding like a dark goddess enjoying a front-row seat to a gladiatorial arena. "Command deck is directly ahead. Their panic levels ar
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The tungsten glass of the open vault hissed, venting thick clouds of cryogenic steam across the deck plates. Inside the bay, the Vanguard Exo-Chassis hummed with raw, caged power.Jayden stepped forward, his boots crushing shattered sentry glass into powder. His organic eye locked onto the pitch-black cybernetic limb, watching the dark-matter plasma lines pulse beneath its matte carbon plating. His worn, makeshift arm the piece of scrap Jax had bolted to his collarbone was weeping hot synthetic fluid onto his ribs, completely spent."You ready for this, heavy-metal?" Fiona purred behind him.She wasn't holding tools. She didn't need to. Through their shared neural link, Jayden could feel the thrilling, twisted wave of her anticipation hitting his brainstem like a shot of pure adrenaline. She leaned her back against the terminal, her ruined vest bare over her bruised chest, her violet eyes blown wide as she watched him."Do it, Fi," Jayden growled. "Tear this piece of shit off me."She
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The scent of burnt wiring, ozone, and old corporate grease was thick enough to gag a normal human, but Jayden barely noticed. He stood with his heavy boots set wide, his left arm trailing a thin wispy plume of superheated steam as the titanium servos cooled down.Beside him, Fiona was pacing like a caged panther. Her leather vest hung open, completely ruined, revealing the pale curve of her ribs, bruised purple and smeared with soot. Every time her shoulder brushed his, a violent shockwave of pure sensation ripped straight across their shared neural link.Stop pacing, Fi, Jayden thought, his voice echoing inside her skull with the heavy impact of a sledgehammer. You’re driving me goddamn crazy.Fiona stopped, spinning around to glare at him, her violet eyes flashing with dark, manic heat. Don't tell me to settle down, Jay. I can literally feel your heart hammering against your ribs right now. You’re just as fucking amped as I am."Will you two dynamic disasters shut the hell up for fi
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Just as Jayden pulled Fiona tighter against his chest, their bruised lips sliding together in a raw, violent rhythm, a sudden high-frequency whine exploded inside their skulls.It wasn't a sound from the bridge speakers. It wasn't coming from the ship’s external comms.It was coming from inside them.Jayden gasped, breaking the kiss as a blinding surge of golden neural static tore through his brainstem. Fiona screamed…a sharp, ragged sound of pure shock clutching at her temples as her violet eyes flared with raw white light.Her knees buckled on Jayden’s lap, but he caught her with his titanium arm, his own body rigid as his cybernetic optic frantically recalculated code that had lay dormant for six goddamn years."What the fuck..." Jayden gritted out, blood dripping from his nose as his head felt like it was being split open by a thermal torch. "Fi... what is that?""It’s in my head, Jay!" she gasped, her fingernails digging so hard into his shoulders she tore fresh skin. "It’s burni
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The cowering bridge officers didn't need to be told twice. As soon as Commander Vane’s lifeless body slumped across the tactical map, the remaining Thorne technicians scrambled backward on their hands and knees, weeping and tripping over each other as they bolted for the emergency escape hatches.Jayden didn't bother raising his gun to stop them. Let them run. Let them carry the gospel of the Obsidian Wrath back to Thorne headquarters. Let the high-ranking board members choke on their expensive wine when they realize the monster they created had finally broken his leash.The heavy blast doors hissed shut behind the fleeing cowards, sealing the command bridge in a suffocating, blood-soaked silence. The only sounds left were the low, steady hum of the ship’s primary life support, the crackle of a dying spark-panel near the ceiling, and the ragged, heavy breathing of two people who had just ripped a warship apart with their bare hands.Jayden exhaled a long, shuddering breath, his organi
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The wounded mercenary didn’t wait to be told twice. He dragged his melted leg through the breach, weeping pathetic corporate tears, leaving a thick trail of dark blood across the polished steel deck of the Vindicator.Jayden stepped over the pile of butchered bodies blocking the threshold, his heavy combat boots slick with warm gore. His titanium shoulder hissed as the internal cooling pumps struggled to offset the heat of the firestorm he had just sprinted through. Behind him, the bridge of the Obsidian Wrath was a roaring inferno, but ahead lay the sterile, cold halls of the Thorne Corporation Heavy Cruiser.Fiona glided past him, her twin plasma pistols smoking in her hands. The tear down the center of her leather vest exposed the pale, bruised skin of her chest, glistening with sweat and specks of dried blood. She didn't bother fixing it. Instead, she looked back over her shoulder, her violet eyes blown out with a dark, unhinged hunger that made Jayden’s gut twist with possessive
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