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Sophia

There’s a sound I’ve come to fear more than screams.

More than gunfire.

More than silence.

It’s the sound of inevitability.

And it was everywhere. In the way Ember didn’t flinch when the alarm triggered. In the way Alex’s body shifted into a protective stance without thinking. In the way Bellion’s jaw tightened... not with fear, but recognition.

They weren’t just coming.

They were here.

And they weren’t after the serum. They weren't after power. They were after her.

No. Us.

Because Ember had opened something up when she touched me. Something old. Sealed. Written into my cells like a letter from a life that ought not have been.

It was now.

I jerked up. Ember didn't get up to offer me her hand. She didn't need to. Her eyes told me everything, twin galaxies of forgotten knowledges and calculated empathy.

"She's locking onto your heartbeat," Bellion said, speaking low. "It's not proximity. It's imprinting."

"Like Harrow?" I asked, even though I already knew.

"No," he said. "Worse.
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