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Chapter 86: Entering the Core

Author: R.J. Sterling
last update publish date: 2026-02-24 03:39:52

The shriek of the monitor was the only thing that followed us into the grave.

The moment the SUV stopped screaming against the ice, I realized I had driven us straight into the center of the slaughter.

Silence fell like a physical blow.

One second, the blizzard howled like a thousand voices trying to tear the steel from our bones. The next—the world simply stopped breathing. No wind. No roar. Only the suffocating weight of a tomb.

The air inside the cabin condensed into visible frost-mist. Our
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