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Chapter fifty: Prototype Failure

Author: Xerox
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-07-19 13:46:42

POV: Ave

I watched it die.

Our prototype — the one we poured weeks of caffeine-fueled nights, bickering breakthroughs, and stolen glances into — sparked once, then fizzled, then let out a dull mechanical whimper before the lights on the console blinked off.

Dead. In front of the judges. In front of Blake. In front of my father.

My blood went cold.

The silence that followed wasn’t just disappointment. It was embarrassment. Rage. Grief.

And fear.

Not fear of the loss. Not even fear of losing the competition.

But fear that this — Blake and me, whatever the hell this was — might not survive another collapse.

“Okay,” I muttered, voice barely above a whisper, “maybe it’s just a connection issue—”

“Don’t,” Blake said gently, placing a hand on my wrist. “It’s fried. I checked the board already.”

I yanked my hand back. “Then why the hell did we even get on that stage?”

My voice cracked mid-sentence. Rage was easier than sadness. Sadness was soft. Breakable. Rage was armor.

Blake didn’t speak r
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