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CHAPTER 152: The Phoenix Rising

Author: Tommy Wright
last update publish date: 2026-04-03 23:33:49

Marcus POV

The prototype sat under a white sheet in the centre of the development floor and my engineers looked at it the way people look at something they've built that unsettles them slightly. Like they'd reached for something and found it but it was still a little bit unsatisfying than expected.

The word best would mean it was extraordinary.

"Walk me through it again," I said.

Dr. Claire Ashworth, the lead materials engineer, recruited from MIT over a year ago, pulled the sheet back with con
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