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Chapter 157: The Second Net
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2026-03-21 00:15:55The victory smelled like ozone and wet copper, but the taste in my mouth was pure, unadulterated ash.
We were moving. The transport APC groaned under the weight of fifteen rescued children, their breathing a chaotic, terrified rhythm that filled the cramped cabin. I sat with my back against the vibrating bulkhead, my right arm anchored around Leo, while my left arm—the stone-dead necrotic ruin—throbbed with a phantom itch that told me the mountain wasn't done with us.
The chain
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The victory smelled like ozone and wet copper, but the taste in my mouth was pure, unadulterated ash.We were moving. The transport APC groaned under the weight of fifteen rescued children, their breathing a chaotic, terrified rhythm that filled the cramped cabin. I sat with my back against the vibrating bulkhead, my right arm anchored around Leo, while my left arm—the stone-dead necrotic ruin—throbbed with a phantom itch that told me the mountain wasn't done with us.The chain thrummed at my hip. A steady, insistent pulse. Kael was a silent statue in the corner, his white hair glowing ghostly in the dim emergency lights. He didn't speak, but through the Shared Heat, I felt his alarm.It wasn't a growl. It was a digital scream.“Phoenix. The slate. Look at the slate.”Kael’s voice echoed in my skull, layered with the static of the APC’s navigation system.I snapped my gaze to Ryan. He was hunched over the tactical terminal, his ambe
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