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THE GHOST IN THE WIRES

Penulis: Jason Keith
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-10-28 16:42:20

The voice ripples through the warehouse, metallic and close enough to raise every hair on my skin. It sounds like it’s coming from the walls themselves—echoing through the cables, the circuits, the air that smells of ozone and dust.

Lena’s grip tightens around my hand. Her pulse beats fast, matching mine.

“Adrian,” she whispers, “who is that?”

My throat goes dry. I know that voice. I’ve heard it in recordings, in dreams, in the nightmares that used to wake me at three a.m. when the world felt too quiet. “It’s someone who shouldn’t exist anymore,” I manage.

The terminal flickers again. The distorted tone evens out, forming words in a measured cadence.

> YOU BROKE THE CODE, ADRIAN. BUT I REWROTE THE LANGUAGE.

Lena steps forward, shoulders squared. “Show yourself!” she calls. Her defiance cuts through the static.

No answer—just laughter, low and synthesized. The monitors flare to life one by one, showing fragments of data, images of surveillance feeds: the bridge, our car, even
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    The sea stretched endless ahead of us, gray and restless beneath a bruised sky. The ferry groaned with every wave, its rusted hull trembling like an old secret that wanted to be heard. I kept one hand on the wheel, the other resting near the small radio transmitter that had become our compass — the same one that carried the signal.Lena sat a few feet away, her knees pulled to her chest, eyes fixed on the horizon. Salt clung to her hair, to her lips, and when the wind swept across the deck, she didn’t flinch. She just watched the distance, like she was trying to read something written in the clouds.“We’ll hit the coastline by dusk,” I said.She didn’t respond at first. Then, quietly, “And what if they’re waiting for us there?”“Then we keep moving.”She turned toward me, her expression unreadable. “You say that like it’s easy.”“It’s the only thing we’re good at anymore,” I said.For a long moment, neither of us spoke. The engine hummed, steady and low, and the horizon shimmered wher

  • MY EX IS PREGNANT FOR ME    PEOPLE LIKE US

    The night was restless, alive with sirens and the echo of distant chaos. We stayed close to the walls, moving through the narrow alleys that twisted behind the docks. Lena’s hand was locked in mine, her pulse fast but steady. Every few seconds, she glanced back, checking for movement, for shadows that didn’t belong to the city.We reached the far end of the port, where the lights thinned and the smell of salt grew stronger. Old fishing boats swayed gently against the current, their ropes creaking like whispers. I scanned the horizon—nothing but dark water and the faint glow of the city behind us. For the first time in hours, I let myself breathe.Lena sank down onto a wooden crate, brushing hair from her face. “We can’t keep doing this,” she said quietly. “Running, hiding. It’s eating us alive.”I crouched beside her. “We’re not hiding. We’re surviving.”“Is there a difference anymore?” Her voice cracked, but she didn’t look at me. “Every step we take, we lose another part of who we w

  • MY EX IS PREGNANT FOR ME    THE NEXT DAY

    The morning light slid through the thin curtains, touching the edges of the bed where Lena lay still. Her hair spilled across the pillow, a dark halo of quiet chaos. For a moment, I simply watched her breathe. The world outside could be unraveling, the networks might be hunting for us again, but in that space between her inhale and exhale, there was peace. I hadn’t felt peace in years.When she stirred, I pretended to look away, but her eyes opened and caught mine. “You didn’t sleep,” she said softly. It wasn’t a question, more like an observation made from instinct. She always seemed to see right through me.“I didn’t want to,” I said. “Sleep feels dangerous now.”“Everything feels dangerous now,” she murmured, sitting up. Her bare shoulder caught the light, pale against the crumpled sheet. “But we can’t live afraid forever.”I wanted to believe her. I wanted to believe that what we had now could survive the weight of what we’d done—the data leak, the exposure, the truth about the He

  • MY EX IS PREGNANT FOR ME    THE SILENCE BETWEEN HEARTBEATS

    The rain had stopped sometime before dawn, leaving the air thick with the scent of wet earth and unspoken words. I woke to the faint hum of the city outside — the kind that made the world feel suspended between what had happened and what might come next. Adrian was already awake, standing by the window, the early light tracing the lines of his shoulders through the white shirt he hadn’t bothered to button completely.He didn’t turn when I sat up, but I could sense the shift in him — the quiet, the way his breath seemed caught somewhere between calm and restlessness.“Couldn’t sleep again?” I asked softly.He turned then, eyes shadowed yet steady. “Didn’t want to.”There was something about his tone that made my chest tighten. He crossed the room slowly and sat beside me, his hand brushing mine with that familiar hesitation, like every touch was a question he still wasn’t sure I’d answer.For a moment, we said nothing. Just silence — thick, pulsing, full of everything we didn’t know ho

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  • MY EX IS PREGNANT FOR ME    THE CORE OF US

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