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CHAPTER 64 : THE ECHO OF A FUTURE
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2026-03-21 15:19:15
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The sun was too bright. It felt like a giant stage light shining into Mayas eyes. Her mom stood in the yard smiling a happy smile.. Something felt off. Maya looked down at the ground. Her moms shadow was stretching out toward the kitchen table. In the shadow world her moms hand was reaching for a knife.. In the real world her moms hands were empty."Mom move now!" Maya screamed.Maya lunged forward. She grabbed her mom around the waist. Pulled her away from the table. They both fell onto the dry dirt."Maya what are you doing?" her mom cried out. She looked shocked and hurt. "You are acting crazy! Why did you tackle me?"Maya didn't answer. She kept her eyes fixed on the ground. The shadow-knife slashed through the air where her moms throat had been a second ago. The dark blade cut into the shadow of a post.CRACK.In the world the thick wooden post suddenly split in half. Wood chips flew into the air like arrows. One hit Mayas cheek drawing a line of blood."It's not real but its kil
COLD STEEL, BLEEDING HEARTS CHAPTER 80 : THE VILLAGE OF SHADOWS
The floor of the laboratory started moving. The alarms changed their sound. The loud scream of the sirens turned into a thumping noise. It felt like a heart beating under the floor. Maya gripped the edge of a metal desk tightly. Her fingers were white with fear. On the wall screen a map of Nigeria was glowing. A red light was flashing on her home village, Oruk Anam."Maya, the satellite in space is moving!" Sarah yelled. Her voice was almost lost in the noise of the crowd waking up. "It is not aiming at the desert anymore. It is following a signal from your home village!" Maya felt a surge of fear."It is a trap " Maya whispered. She felt the hum of the building inside her chest. Every time the lights flickered her heart skipped a beat. She was the power source for this building. Her energy was running out. "Julian! Can you see who is sending that signal?" she asked.The speakers made a cracking sound. Julians voice was broken by static. "The code... It is very old Maya. It is not a c
COLD STEEL, BLEEDING HEARTS CHAPTER 79 : THE OXYGEN GHOST
The air in the laboratory became very heavy. It was not the kind of heat you feel from the sun. It was the feeling of a machine that was stopping. Maya looked at the computer screen near the door. The numbers were dropping fast.* 100%.* 95%.* 90%.That was the amount of oxygen in the warehouses. Thousands of people were sleeping in those glass boxes. If the oxygen reached zero they would all die."Benson stop this now!" Maya screamed at the security camera. Her voice was rough. Her throat felt like it was on fire because of the gold liquid she had swallowed earlier."Those are people! They are not just files in your computer!"On the screen Benson looked at his gold watch. He looked very calm. He looked like a man waiting for a bus, not a man killing thousands."They are witnesses Maya. If they wake up and tell the world what we did our family name is finished. I am protecting our future.""Our future?" Maya hit the glass of the door with her fist. Thud. A sharp pain went up her ar
COLD STEEL, BLEEDING HEARTS CHAPTER 78 : THE MIRROR'S EDGE
The white room was not empty. It was making a humming noise like a lot of fans running at the same time. Maya felt the floor shaking under her feet. She stood still her hands were clenched into fists. Across from her the man in the suit was fixing his silk tie. This "Real" Julian had no scars on his face. His skin was smooth. His hair was cut perfectly. His eyes did not look tired like a man who had been running for twenty years."You look confused " the Real Julian said. His voice sounded like Julians voice.. He sounded very proud of himself. "I think seeing your face without any pain is a big shock for you.""You are the Writer?" Julians voice was low and angry. He took a step forward. His body was ready to fight. "You are the one who trapped Maya in that loop? You are the one who let me rot in a tank for years?"The Real Julian laughed. The sound was very cold. It made the white room feel like a freezer. "Trapped her? Julian I saved her. Her fathers company was dying. Everything wa
COLD STEEL, BLEEDING HEARTS CHAPTER 77 : THE GHOST IN THE SATELLITE
The desert air exploded. A loud gunshot sound cut through the wind. Sand flew up near Julians head. He did not even blink. He just kept staring at the computer tablet in Sarahs hands."The link! Sarah did it catch her?" Julian yelled. He was still on his knees. His leg hurt from the dart that hit him earlier.The Vice President stood over him. The mans face was twisted with anger. He pulled the trigger of his gun again.The gun did not fire. It just clicked. The fine desert sand had gotten into the gun. The man cursed loudly. Shook the gun."Kill him!" the Vice President screamed to the guards. "Kill the mistake. I will handle the girl myself!"Sarah just hissed, "Not today, Benson."She did not look up from her screen. Her fingers moved fast typing commands into the computer. Mayas body lay still on the sand. The cable was still connected to the port behind her ear.Then a big wave of light shot out from the satellite dish. It hit the guards and the Vice President. The mans gun flew
COLD STEEL, BLEEDING HEARTS CHAPTER 76 : THE ARCHITECT’S HAND
The air inside the warehouse was cold. It did not smell like a hospital. It smelled like sand and old electricity. Maya stood on her shaking legs. The wires on her arms pulled at her skin. She looked at the man in the suit. He was smiling,. His eyes were like two pieces of cold glass.Maya saw the man in the suit. She felt scared. "Project 04?" Mayas voice was a whisper. "That is not my name."The man said "In the world names are just labels for the bank." He tapped his computer tablet. A glowing screen appeared in the air between them.Maya saw a video. It was a version of Maya. She was sitting in a chair in a dark office. She looked tired and cold. In the video Maya picked up a pen. Signed a paper. The name on the paper was Maya Benson. Below it her job title said: Chief Architect of Neural Entertainment.The man said "You created the Story Farm to save this company, Maya. The people in those glass boxes? They are volunteers. They get paid in the world while their brains make storie
COLD STEEL, BLEEDING HEARTS CHAPTER 39 : THE SLEEPING CITY
The elevator doors slid open, and right away Maya got hit with this weird mix of chemical clean and fake purple flowers. It was supposed to be soothing. All it did was make her want to throw up. She barely took a step before two guards in spotless white suits blocked her path. Each one held a glowi
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Coach Miller’s boots crunched on the ice—slow, steady, creepy. Crunch. Crunch. He gripped the sledgehammer tight, and honestly, he didn’t look like a teacher anymore. He looked like a hunter, zeroed in on his prey.“Move, Maya,” he said, aiming the hammer at her. “You’ve done enough tonight. Hand o
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Maya’s fingers scraped against the cold, rough edge of the roof. The black book—their only proof Julian was a good man—started sliding away. It hit a patch of ice and teetered, right at the edge of a five-story drop. One more slip, and the wind would tear those pages apart. All their hope, scattere
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The red “On Air” sign glared at Maya—a hot, watchful eye. Across the newsroom, TV screens lined the wall. On one, she spotted her father, stuck in that dark computer room. Some thug pressed a metal weapon to the back of his head.“Ten seconds, Maya,” her uncle’s voice blared over the speakers. “Nin
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