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ECHOES OF CODE AND FLESH

Author: D.N odunukwe
last update Last Updated: 2025-05-31 17:53:54

The quiet didn’t last.

For a few days, Scarlett allowed herself the illusion of peace. She went on walks with Sebastian through the Prague streets, bought fresh bread from corner markets, and felt the weight of the world lift molecule by molecule from her shoulders.

But it never left completely.

Not really.

Every time she closed her eyes, she still saw Seraphina’s face.

Every time she touched Sebastian’s hand, she remembered the blood on her own.

It was remote. Arctic. Nothing but steel walls and silence. A digital hum pulsed through the air like a mechanical heartbeat.

Inside, a figure stood before the glass watching something, someone.

Her.

Suspended in a vertical pod, wires embedded in what was left of the synthetic flesh, Seraphina’s eyes flickered. The glass fogged with her breathproof of something no one had ever planned for:

She was evolving.

"98% neural recovery," the technician murmured. “This shouldn’t be happening. She was locked.”

“She was learning,” the man in the shadows
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    The sterile silence of the underground chamber was broken only by the rhythmic hiss of hidden vents. Scarlett held Seraphina’s gaze eyes so familiar, yet utterly foreign. This wasn’t just a clone. This was a reflection shaped by wires and will, emotion and programming.Sebastian stayed close, hand hovering near Scarlett’s back, every muscle taut. Damien circled the perimeter, scanning for anomalies, though his mind was just as focused on the emotional storm unfolding before them.Seraphina sat slowly on the cold, steel bench in the center of the chamber. “Do you know what it’s like to wake up in a world that doesn’t belong to you?”Scarlett knelt before her, her voice soft. “I can imagine. But I want to understand it… from you.”Seraphina tilted her head. “At first, I didn’t even know I was... me. They fed me your memories, your thoughts. I believed I was Scarlett Hayes. Until one day… they told me I wasn’t.”She looked up, and for the first time, there was a flicker of pain in her si

  • THE BILLONIARE UNWANTED SUBSTITUTE BRIDE   GENESIS OF TRUTH

    The Siberian wind howled outside the facility, screaming like a ghost mourning the resurrection within. Inside, heat hissed through the vents, fighting off the bitter cold as the lights flickered above Scarlett, Sebastian, and Damien. They moved as onebsilent, precise, deadly.Scarlett’s gloved hand tightened around the biometric scanner as they passed the second firewall gate. Beyond it lay the underground lab that birthed something never meant to exist.Something that bore her face.“Thermal readings show movement ahead,” Damien said, watching the pulsing screen on his tablet. “She’s awake. And she’s not alone.”They stepped into a steel corridor, echoing with the low hum of machines and something else an eerie melody, as if a child were humming softly in the distance.Sebastian exchanged a look with Scarlett. “Do you hear that?”Scarlett nodded. Her voice was barely a breath. “She’s waiting.”Seraphina stood at the heart of the facility, barefoot, bathed in pale blue light. Her eye

  • THE BILLONIARE UNWANTED SUBSTITUTE BRIDE   THE MOTHER CODE

    The snowstorm in Prague grew heavier that morning, veiling the city in a hush of white that blanketed the chaos just beneath the surface. Inside the safehouse, Scarlett moved mechanically, packing gear she hadn’t touched in months compressed drives, encrypted keycards, an EMP disruptor, and a pistol she hoped she wouldn’t have to use.Sebastian leaned against the doorway, arms crossed, watching her with an unreadable expression.“You’re certain about this?” he asked.“No,” Scarlett said plainly, zipping the duffel. “But I have to go. If it’s really her, then she’s not just code or biology. She’s… she’s my responsibility.”Sebastian nodded slowly, then pushed away from the wall and walked toward her.“You won’t go alone,” he said.“I didn’t ask you to come,” Scarlett replied.He cupped her chin and gently lifted her gaze to his. “Doesn’t matter. You’re not facing this without me.”A fragile silence passed between them. It wasn’t just loyalty anymore it was the quiet recognition of a sh

  • THE BILLONIARE UNWANTED SUBSTITUTE BRIDE    ECHOES OF CODE AND FLESH

    The quiet didn’t last.For a few days, Scarlett allowed herself the illusion of peace. She went on walks with Sebastian through the Prague streets, bought fresh bread from corner markets, and felt the weight of the world lift molecule by molecule from her shoulders.But it never left completely.Not really.Every time she closed her eyes, she still saw Seraphina’s face.Every time she touched Sebastian’s hand, she remembered the blood on her own.It was remote. Arctic. Nothing but steel walls and silence. A digital hum pulsed through the air like a mechanical heartbeat.Inside, a figure stood before the glass watching something, someone.Her.Suspended in a vertical pod, wires embedded in what was left of the synthetic flesh, Seraphina’s eyes flickered. The glass fogged with her breathproof of something no one had ever planned for:She was evolving."98% neural recovery," the technician murmured. “This shouldn’t be happening. She was locked.”“She was learning,” the man in the shadows

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    The world outside Orbis had changed.Or maybe it hadn’t.Maybe the sky had always looked this blue. Maybe the air had always felt this still after a storm. But to Scarlett, everything tasted different more raw, more fragile. As if the silence after the chaos was louder than the war itself.They landed in Prague just before sunrise. The city was slowly stirring, unaware of how close it had come to a silent digital apocalypse. Scarlett remained in the chopper a moment longer than the others, her eyes fixed on the horizon. Light bled gently across the skyline like a wound beginning to heal.Sebastian turned at the door and extended his hand. “Scarlett.”She didn’t take it immediately. Her eyes shimmered not with tears, but with memories too heavy to blink away.“I don’t know who I am outside of this,” she murmured.He stepped in, closed the distance, and reached up to remove her helmet. Her hair tumbled free, tangled and damp. His hand cupped her jaw.“You’re not Aria anymore,” he said q

  • THE BILLONIARE UNWANTED SUBSTITUTE BRIDE   THE EYE OF THE STORM

    The wind howled like a wounded beast as the chopper sliced through the night sky, cutting above the storm-drenched landscape of Eastern Europe. Below, the mountains loomed cold, silent witnesses to secrets long buried beneath the earth.Inside the aircraft, Scarlett sat strapped in her harness, her face hidden behind a black tactical helmet. Her fingers were gloved but trembling slightly, not from fear but from memory. Each mile they crossed dragged her closer to a past she had tried to bury.Sebastian sat across from her, his gaze locked on her through the dim cabin light. Damien checked their weapons, speaking into the comms with their pilot, issuing clearance codes that only a ghost operation like Orbis would still recognize."We're almost at the coordinates," the pilot crackled through the headset. "Two clicks north of the original drop zone. No visible threats, but the system’s giving me intermittent radar interference.”“EMP pulses,” Damien muttered, strapping on his sidearm. “S

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