Mag-log inAlessandro's POVThe chamber fell silent.No gunfire.No alarms.No explosions.Just the low, rhythmic pulse of the two glowing interfaces suspended inside Eve's crystalline sphere.Blue.Crimson.Each heartbeat echoed through the enormous chamber like time itself was waiting.I looked at Eve.Then at Eliara.Then back at the sphere."So..." I said quietly."Humanity's future comes down to two buttons?"Eve's golden eyes met mine."It has never been about the interfaces.""It has always been about the people who choose."Eliara's POVI couldn't stop staring at the crimson light.It pulsed...Almost like a heartbeat.A strange warmth spread through my chest.Then—Images.Children laughing without fear.Cities without crime.Hospitals curing every disease.No hunger.No war.No corruption.No loneliness.A perfect world."...Beautiful..." I whispered.Beside me, Alessandro immediately grabbed my wrist."Eliara."His voice pulled me back.The visions vanished.I gasped."What... was tha
Eliara's POVThe island trembled beneath our feet.Not from explosions.Not from collapsing structures.It felt...alive.The blue emergency lights bathed the chamber in an eerie glow as every monitor displayed the same word.EVE ONLINENo countdown.No warning.Just those two words.For the first time since entering Lazarus, I saw fear in Dr. Lucien Moreau's eyes.Real fear."What... have you done?" he whispered.The speakers crackled.Then came the same calm voice.Neither female nor male.Warm.Yet unsettling."Correction, Dr. Moreau.""This is what you have done."Alessandro's POVThe titanium wall between Eliara and me slowly retracted.The moment there was enough space, tumakbo agad ako papunta sa kanya.She met me halfway.Without a word, she wrapped her arms around me.Mahigpit.Desperate.As if confirming I was real.Hinawakan ko ang mukha niya."You're okay?"She nodded, tears threatening to fall."I am now."Hindi ko napigilan ang mapangiti."Good."Pero bago pa kami makapa
Alessandro's POVThe cable groaned beneath my weight.One hand.One chance.Below me, the chamber erupted into chaos as the first sniper round shattered the concrete where Eliara had been standing seconds earlier.BANG! BANG! BANG!Glass exploded.Concrete splintered.The entire chamber became a battlefield."Eliara!" sigaw ko.Without another thought, I let go.For one terrifying second, I was falling.Then—CRASH!Tumama ako sa maintenance platform sa gitna ng chamber. The metal buckled beneath me, sending sparks flying in every direction.Pain shot through my ribs.The wounds from the Hunter weren't fully healed.But pain didn't matter.Not now.Eliara's POV"Alessandro!"Tumayo ako mula sa pagkakadapa, nanginginig ang dibdib ko nang makita ko siyang buhay.Sugatan.Duguan.Pero buhay.Hindi ko na napigilan ang sarili ko.Tumakbo ako papunta sa kanya."Eliara, NO!" sigaw ni Matteo.Too late.BANG!A sniper fired.Narinig ko ang pagputok bago ko naramdaman ang malakas na paghila sa
Eliara's POVThe sea was unusually calm.Almost too calm.Habang tinatahak ng maliit naming stealth vessel ang madilim na tubig ng Mediterranean, wala ni isa sa amin ang nagsasalita.The island of Project Lazarus slowly emerged from the morning fog.From a distance, mukha lang itong abandonadong military outpost.Collapsed watchtowers.Rusted antennas.Broken docks.Pero alam naming lahat...Everything important was underground.Matteo stood beside the navigation console, studying satellite images one last time."The surface is just camouflage," he said quietly."The real facility goes almost one kilometer beneath the island."I stared at the mountain ahead."So we're walking into a grave."Matteo sighed."No.""...We're walking into the place where all of this began."Alessandro's POVMoreau entered my cell again.Unlike before, wala siyang dalang guards.Wala ring armas.He looked...peaceful.As if he wasn't holding thousands of lives in his hands."They're coming."Hindi iyon tano
Alessandro's POVCold.Hindi dahil sa temperatura.Kundi dahil sa katahimikan.The kind of silence that made every heartbeat sound like a countdown.Unti-unti akong nagmulat ng mata. Ang puting ilaw sa kisame ay halos nakakasilaw. Nakakadena pa rin ang magkabilang kamay ko sa magnetic restraints, habang ang sugat sa tagiliran ko ay mahigpit na nakabenda.Hindi nila ako pinatay.Which meant...They still needed me.Nagbukas ang makapal na bakal na pinto.Hiss...Pumasok ang isang matandang lalaki, elegante ang tindig, suot ang itim na suit na para bang wala siyang pakialam sa dugo at kaguluhang iniwan ng mga eksperimento niya.Dr. Lucien Moreau."The famous Alessandro Ferrante," aniya habang marahang pumapalakpak."I expected more resistance."Hindi ako nagsalita.Hindi ko siya bibigyan ng kahit anong kasiyahan.Tumigil siya sa harapan ko."You hate me.""Tama ba ako?"Tiningnan ko siya nang diretso."You're the reason thousands died."Mahinang ngumiti si Moreau."No.""I am the reason
Eliara's POVThe command room was eerily silent.Only the soft hum of Matteo's equipment filled the air as lines of encrypted code scrolled across the holographic monitors.Every second felt like an hour.Every loading bar felt like torture."Come on..." bulong ko habang mahigpit kong hawak ang comm device na huling ginamit ni Alessandro.Please...Let him be alive.Matteo didn't speak.His fingers moved rapidly across the keyboard, decrypting the fragmented transmission Alessandro managed to send before the signal disappeared."Almost there..." he whispered.Then—ACCESS GRANTEDA map appeared.Not Rome.Not the remains of Sanctum.Not any location Serena had previously used.Matteo frowned."...That's impossible."Lumapit ako."What?"He zoomed in.The coordinates settled on a small island off the Sicilian coast.Abandoned.Officially erased from government records almost twenty years ago.My heartbeat quickened."What place is that?"Matteo's face slowly lost its color."...Project
Matteo’s POV03:18 AM.Hindi na ako nakatulog simula nang matanggap ko ‘yung audio file kagabi.Paulit-ulit ko ‘tong pinakinggan, bawat syllable ng boses ni Serena parang tuldok sa dibdib ko.“Phase Two is not about revenge… it’s about rebirth.”Rebirth.Ano bang ibig niyang sabihin?Pagbukas ko ng
Eliara’s POVTatlong araw na ang lumipas mula nang magising ako.Tatlong araw ng katahimikan — o baka ilusyon lang ng katahimikan.Nasa safehouse pa rin kami ni Alessandro at Matteo.Ang paligid ay puno ng humming ng mga server, ang ilaw ay dim, at sa bawat gabi, naririnig ko pa rin sa likod ng isi
Eliara’s POVTahimik.Sobrang tahimik, na parang nilamon ng abo at usok ang buong mundo.Pagmulat ko, puro abo at alikabok ang paligid. Ang liwanag ng araw ay pilit sumisilip sa mga sirang pader ng Sanctum Reborn—ngayon, isa nang guho ng apoy at bakal.Masakit ang ulo ko, nanginginig pa rin ang kam
[Eliara’s POV]Pagmulat ko kinabukasan, wala pa rin si Alessandro.Ang kama, malamig na.Ang katahimikan ng bahay, parang may humihigop ng hangin sa paligid — tahimik, pero mabigat.I told myself he’d be back soon.He always comes back.Pero habang tumatagal ang mga oras, mas lalo lang lumalakas an







