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A BREATH BETWEEN FIRES

Auteur: Celine Kitty
last update Date de publication: 2026-03-14 05:54:18

The safehouse had fallen into one of those deceptive silences, the kind that feels like the hush right before a storm breaks. The ventilation system whispered overhead, monitors glowed with their steady, indifferent blue, and outside the reinforced walls Dominion City kept its restless pulse.

Kessler was still out there, invisible threads of surveillance snaking closer with every failed probe, but for the first time in what felt like days the alerts had gone quiet. No shrieking klaxons. No red
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  • OWNED BY THE DEVIL   THE FAILSAFE VIRUS

    The terminal trembled again as another explosion echoed from somewhere near the entrance of the station. Dust drifted lazily from the cracked ceiling panels, settling over the rows of humming servers like gray snow.Elara tightened her grip on her rifle and shifted her stance beside the doorway.The corridor outside was quiet for the moment.Too quiet.“They’re regrouping,” she said softly.Behind her, Dominic didn’t answer immediately. His attention was locked on the terminal screen in front of him, where dozens of windows of code were streaming across the display.The extraction bar moved slowly but steadily.DATA EXTRACTION: 78%Almost there.But something wasn’t right.Dominic leaned closer to the monitor, his eyes narrowing.A new line of code had appeared in the system logs.At first glance it looked harmless, just another automated process running in the background of the network.But it wasn’t part of the extraction program.And Dominic knew every line of code currently runnin

  • OWNED BY THE DEVIL   SEVENTY PERCENT

    The corridor outside the server chamber had turned into a killing ground.Smoke drifted through the air, thick and bitter, stinging Elara’s eyes as she pressed her shoulder against the concrete wall beside the doorway. Bullet holes riddled the metal frame, and shattered glass crunched beneath her boots every time she shifted her weight.Another burst of gunfire echoed through the terminal hall.Men shouted orders.Someone screamed.Then another rifle cracked from somewhere deeper in the station.The factions were still fighting each other.But more and more of them were pushing toward the same destination now.The server chamber.Elara leaned out just enough to fire two quick shots down the corridor.One attacker collapsed instantly.The other dove behind a support column, returning fire with a burst that slammed into the wall inches from her face.She pulled back behind cover.“Well,” she muttered under her breath, “they’re persistent.”Behind her, Dominic’s fingers moved rapidly acr

  • OWNED BY THE DEVIL   WAR FOR THE DATA

    The roar of engines outside the terminal grew louder by the second.Elara stared at the monitor Dominic had turned toward her, watching the red signals multiply across the map.Vehicles were converging on the transit hub from every direction, north, south, even from the industrial roads along the river.There were too many to count.“Tell me that’s a glitch,” she said quietly.Dominic didn’t answer.The silence was enough.She exhaled slowly and looked back toward the doorway of the server chamber. The firefight in the terminal hall had intensified. Bullets tore through the empty ticket counters, sparks jumping from metal pillars as rounds ricocheted across the room.Two factions were still locked in combat near the main entrance, using overturned benches and concrete barriers for cover.But now a third group had arrived.They stormed through a side corridor that led to the old maintenance platforms, opening fire the moment they stepped into view.The balance of the battle shifted ins

  • OWNED BY THE DEVIL   CROSSFIRE

    The gunfire changed.At first it had been focused, directed entirely at the doorway of the server chamber where Dominic and Elara were holding their ground.But now the rhythm shifted.Different weapons.Different directions.Dominic noticed it first.Between bursts of gunfire, he heard shouting echo through the terminal, voices arguing in different languages.Then another volley of shots erupted.Not toward them.Toward the men who had entered the station first.Elara frowned and leaned slightly around the doorway.“What the...”She quickly ducked back as bullets shattered a row of old ticket windows across the hall.“Okay,” she muttered, “that’s new.”Dominic stepped closer to the entrance and listened.Outside the server chamber, chaos had erupted.The first group of attackers who had stormed the building were now scrambling for cover as a second faction pushed through the main doors of the terminal.And they weren’t friendly.The newcomers opened fire immediately.Men who had been

  • OWNED BY THE DEVIL   THE FIRST WAVE

    The engines outside grew louder.At first they were distant, low vibrations rolling through the abandoned transit hub like thunder approaching from far away. But within seconds the sound multiplied.More vehicles.More engines.They were coming fast.Elara moved toward the entrance of the server chamber and looked down the long terminal hall. Sunlight poured through the shattered glass ceiling, illuminating the empty platforms.Then the first black SUV slid into view outside the front entrance.It stopped hard.Doors flew open.Armed men spilled out.“Well,” she muttered under her breath, “that didn’t take long.”Behind her, the server terminal beeped again.Dominic didn’t look up.DATA EXTRACTION: 41%“How many?” he asked.Elara stepped back into the room.“First vehicle just arrived.”“Only one?”“For now.”Dominic continued typing.“That won’t last.”As if on cue, another engine roared outside.Then another.Through the broken windows above the terminal, shadows of vehicles moved i

  • OWNED BY THE DEVIL   THE CHOICE THAT STARTS A WAR

    The hum of the servers filled the massive chamber like a mechanical heartbeat.Rows of blinking lights stretched into the shadows, each machine processing unimaginable amounts of data. The air felt warm and electric, thick with the quiet power of the system Kessler had built.Dominic stood still, staring at the central terminal.Elara remained beside him, arms folded, eyes scanning the endless racks of machines.“So let me understand this,” she said slowly. “You spent five years building a global criminal network… just so we could shut it down?”Kessler laughed softly.“When you say it like that, it sounds almost noble.”Dominic didn’t turn around.“You didn’t build this to destroy it.”“Of course not.”“Then why show us?”Kessler stepped casually between two rows of servers, running his fingers lightly across one of the metal racks as if admiring his own creation.“Because this system has reached its peak,” he said.“And?”“And the only thing more interesting than building a machine

  • OWNED BY THE DEVIL   THE FIRST STRIKE

    It came mid-afternoon.A courier arrived with a package. Unremarkable, brown paper, tied with twine, but the contents spoke volumes.Inside was a small device. Compact, metallic, and clearly engineered for surveillance. A note accompanied it:“Your choices are visible. Use wisely.”No signature. No

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  • OWNED BY THE DEVIL   THE FIRST MOVE

    The first message arrived at dawn.A single envelope, black wax, no return address.Inside was a card. Minimalist. Elegant. Dangerous in its simplicity: “We are aware of the variable. Observation continues.”No signature. No explanation.Just enough to make the warning unmistakable.I showed it to

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  • OWNED BY THE DEVIL   PRESSURE POINTS

    The morning brought no warning.Instead, a subtle shift in the network of Dominic’s world made itself obvious. A shipment of sensitive documents had been rerouted. One of his trusted associates received a call from someone claiming to be from Dominic’s office; an attempt to mislead, to sow confusio

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  • OWNED BY THE DEVIL   THE FIRST DECISION 2

    Dominic found me before I reached the house.The car had barely crossed the gate when his appeared, blocking the drive with deliberate precision. No sudden movements. No raised voices.Control, reasserted.I stepped out before my driver could react.Dominic was already there.“You shouldn’t have go

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