Chapter 20: Anchor Theft For a heartbeat, the room held its breath. Mai lay still. The medical monitor blinked like…

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 11: Steel Water Six hours in a sealed room felt longer than six hours in a city. Time didn’t…