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Chapter 31 – The Fracture

Author: Rayo B.
last update Last Updated: 2025-08-08 21:52:38

The chamber vibrated softly as if it had a heartbeat. Elena could taste metal in the air, each breath tainted with the sterile metallic smell of the facility. She was kneeling on the cold floor, her wrists were bound behind her, while Grayson remained slumped against the far wall, his breathing shallow.

Enoch was in the center of his cage–if you could call it that, knees drawn up to his chest. The golden glow in his eyes flickered like a dying flame.

And Monroe stood before them, the syringe now empty, the golden light in his irises now bright and steady.

"You feel that, don’t you?" Monroe’s voice was almost gentle, which made it all the more menacing. "You feel the connection. The Archive isn’t just in him now, it’s in me. The echoes of Damien, Voss, even Grayson…" He smirked toward man who was still unconscious. "And you, Elena. You’re there too. Every memory you’ve ever touched in him, I see them."

Elena swallowed hard. "You’re playing with something you can’t control."

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