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CHAPTER 192

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The monolith wasn't glass—it was ice.

A thousand frozen faces stared back at us through the glacier's translucent walls, each suspended in their own private hell. Children. Dozens of them, all with familiar features—Jeff's sharp jawline, my dark eyes, Saskia's high cheekbones.

Lena pressed against my leg. "Are they sleeping?"

Saskia's breath fogged the air as she placed her palm against the ice. "They're waiting."

Jeff's fingers found mine, his grip almost painful. "For what?"

The doors slid open with a hiss of pressurized air.

"For you, Lieutenant."

The voice came from a figure shrouded in shadow at the chamber's heart. As he stepped into the light, Nolan recoiled.

"Father."

The man looked nothing like the monster I'd imagined. Gaunt, silver-haired, with Jeff's piercing blue eyes. His lab coat hung loose on his frame, the name Ryans stitched over a heart monitor's steady blip.

He smiled at me. "Hello, Daniela."

My birth name hit like a bullet.

Jeff stepped between us, his body a shie
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