MasukFor four years, Veldana Cross endured the cruelty of her billionaire husband, Lincoln Gibson, and his family. They called her fat, plain, and useless while secretly enjoying the wealth she inherited. When a deadly virus outbreak destroys society, Veldana spends her fortune building a secure shelter to protect her family. But her reward is betrayal. Lincoln gives her divorce papers, moves his so-called adopted cousin Jenny into their bedroom, and throws his pregnant wife to a hungry zombie horde to save himself and his mistress. Death should have been the end, but Veldana gets a second chance. She wakes up two years before the apocalypse with all her memories intact and a mysterious survival system that rewards her with powerful gems, combat upgrades, and advanced building plans whenever she completes dangerous missions. This time, she cuts Lincoln off from her money, throws him out of her life, and begins building Aegis Prime, an underground fortress with powerful defenses, clean water, and enough food to survive the end of the world. When the skies turn purple and the apocalypse finally begins, Lincoln and Jenny discover that their luxurious homes cannot protect them. With nowhere else to go, Lincoln crawls to the gates of Aegis Prime and begs his former wife to let him inside. But the woman behind those blast doors is no longer the wife he once abused. Veldana is now a powerful fortress commander, protected by a deadly military leader who would destroy anyone foolish enough to threaten her.
Lihat lebih banyakVeldanaBy two o'clock that afternoon, the front hall of the Crestview estate looked like a shipping dock.Four guards from Vanguard Security stood by the marble pillars with their arms folded.Fourteen suitcases, garment bags, and trunks were stacked along the stairs. They held every suit, watch, and cufflink Lincoln owned in this house.I sat in the sitting room sipping black tea while Julian Vance's paralegal checked the divorce papers on the glass table. Leo was across town with his nanny at a play center I had rented for the whole afternoon.The front doors banged open.Lincoln marched in with his jaw tight, his tie loose and his collar open. His mother and Jenny Hall followed him like a pair of buzzards.He had expected to find me in tears, ready to beg. Instead he saw four guards, two lawyers, and all his clothes packed by the door. He stared at the luggage, then at me."What is the meaning of this circus, Veldana?" he demanded. "You put guards at my gates? Do you know how this
VeldanaThe glowing blue screen floated in front of my face. I didn't touch it. I shrank back against the bedpost, my heart pounding in my ears.'Hallucination,' I thought, wiping my cold forehead. A dying mind could make up all kinds of things. Maybe my body was still lying on the frozen ground outside the bunker while the horde chewed on my bones.[ALERT: HOST MENTAL STATE STABILIZING.][REMINDER: THIS IS NOT A HALLUCINATION.]The chime sounded again inside my skull. It felt smooth and cold, nothing like my racing heart."What are you?" I whispered, glancing at the bed. Leo was still asleep under the duvet.[DESIGNATION: CELESTIAL SYSTEM.][FUNCTION: SURVIVAL PROTOCOL AND DOMAIN CONVERSION.][MISSION STATUS: TEMPORAL REGRESSION PHASE ONE DONE.]"Can anyone else see you?" I asked.[NO. ONLY THE HOST CAN SEE THE SYSTEM.]"Good."Blueprints flashed across the panel: underground forts, air filters, defense grids, medicine labs.[THE SYSTEM GIVES ACCESS TO HIGH-TIER ASSETS: COMBAT UPGRAD
VeldanaI jolted upright in the dark, my hands flying up to protect my throat and stomach. I could still feel rotten teeth tearing into my shoulder. I squeezed my eyes shut and waited for the next bite, for the snarls of the horde on that freezing loading dock.Nothing touched me.There was no cold wind and no smell of blood and rot. The air was warm and smelled of jasmine and vanilla.My fingers clawed at my shoulder. I wore soft silk, not torn, bloody fleece. I pressed hard on the spot where the jaws had closed. There was no wound and no blood.My hands slid down to my belly, and my breath caught. It was flat. The round curve that had carried my baby girl was gone."No," I whimpered, pressing my stomach through my thin nightgown. "No, no. Where is she? Where is my baby?"Had they rescued me? Had Dr. Alvarez taken her out after all?Pale morning light came through the tall windows. This was not the gray sickbay of the shelter. It was my bedroom in the Crestview estate, the house my f
Veldana pov"My son deserves better than you."I paused with a crate of sealed medical supplies balanced against my hip, making sure I had heard her right. The air vents hummed their usual rhythm, pushing cool air down the lower storage corridor.In front of me, Evelyn Gibson sat on a folding chair as if it were an armchair in a parlor. She wore a beige cardigan, her silver hair pinned into its usual tight chignon.Even after seven months underground, she still looked like a woman waiting for high tea."Excuse me?" I set the crate down on the table behind me."You heard me, Veldana." Evelyn didn't look up from smoothing her slacks. "A man in Lincoln's position needs a partner who elevates him. A proper woman who carries herself with poise. Not someone who spends her days hauling crates, covered in grime, smelling of motor oil and stale sweat."A sharp laugh slipped out of me. I pressed a hand to my lower back, easing the ache of being nearly eight months pregnant. I had just spent fiv












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