Chapter 32: The Buoy That Doesn’t Listen The rendezvous buoy was a speck of rust and stubbornness in the black…
Chapter 29: Launch Lock They climbed into the auxiliary sub like it was a burning building and the hatch was…
Chapter 25: Older Bones The tunnel didn’t end. It reassigned itself. One moment it was a crawlspace with composite walls.…
Chapter 23: Alarm Hymn The corridor beyond the ballast chamber was older, narrower, and meaner. No strip lighting. No clean…
Chapter 21: Hardline Confession The corridor outside Mai’s room felt different the moment they stepped into it. Not because the…
Chapter 18: Subdeck Exit Bright moved like a man who had already decided what he was willing to lose. No…
Chapter 11: Steel Water Six hours in a sealed room felt longer than six hours in a city. Time didn’t…
Chapter 7: Drop Shaft For half a heartbeat, Ace’s body forgot what “down” meant. The emerald circle didn’t crack like…