Chapter 22: Decommissioned Teeth The tunnel narrowed the farther they crawled. Not in a dramatic cave-in way—more like the platform…
Chapter 19: The Seam They Didn’t See They walked back up the service corridor like prisoners who hadn’t been told…
Chapter 17: Wake Protocol Ace’s hands wouldn’t stop shaking. Not because she was weak—because the adrenaline dump had nowhere to…
Chapter 15: The Test Nobody Ordered The platform’s idea of “night” was mostly psychological. The lights dimmed. The hallway traffic…
Chapter 13: Salt and Silence The truck kept moving like nothing had happened. That was the part that made Ace’s…
Chapter 12: The Knock That Knows Your Name The freight doors didn’t unlatch. They complied. Metal that should’ve needed keys…
Chapter 8: Make Your Own Door The stone wall where the arch had been looked smug. Smooth. Seamless. Like it…
Chapter 6: The Hymn Under the Skin The new rhythm didn’t enter through the ears. It entered through the ribs.…
Chapter 2: Protocol Ghosts The photo in the envelope wasn’t dramatic. It didn’t need to be. A tunnel mouth. Concrete…