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CHAPTER 38: Not Just a Weapon

Author: Myra TUC
last update Last Updated: 2025-08-06 05:08:45

I didn’t sleep.

Not because of nightmares.

But because my mind was too awake.

The moment I absorbed the Mother Code, something clicked. It wasn’t just knowledge flooding in; it was permission to feel more, to remember more, to be more.

Like I’d been holding my breath my whole life and had finally exhaled.

I sat on the edge of the bed, staring at my hands. They looked the same, same scars, same fingers. But they felt heavier now. Not tired, capable and terrifying.

By sunrise, the entire base knew.

Tyra confronted me in the main hall before I could take a step outside.

“You downloaded it, didn’t you?” she demanded. “The code.”

I didn’t deny it.

“Yes.”

“Without clearance. Without running it through validation protocols. Kaia, what if it was a trap?”

“It wasn’t.”

“How do you know?”

I looked at her. Really looked.

And her fear wasn’t for herself.

It was for me.

“Because I felt it,” I said softly. “It wasn’t a command string or override line. It was... a part of me I’d been missing.”

“That’
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