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Chapter 43: The Reapers Are Coming

Author: Myra TUC
last update Last Updated: 2025-08-08 12:59:51

We couldn't rest.

There was no time.

The moment we got Subject 13 stable and out of that nightmare chamber, Kieran sealed every exit behind us. My hands still shook from the fight with Alpha Zero.

Tyra's voice crackled through the bass speakers.

"They're coming."

Kieran's face went dark. "How many?"

A pause that lasted too long.

"Not many. But it doesn't matter. These aren't scouts, Kaia. They're Reapers."

The word hit me like ice water.

Even Subject 13, barely conscious and wrapped in blankets, flinched at the name.

"Tell me what that means," I said to Kieran. "All of it."

He met my eyes. "They're not hunters. They're the cleanup crew. Final-stage killers."

"They don't ask questions," Tyra added through the comm. "They don't leave survivors. If they sent Reapers, this is a total purge."

My stomach dropped. "They want us all dead."

"Every last one," Kieran confirmed.

The war room was bathed in red warning lights when we reached the upper levels.

Tyra stood at the center screen, arms c
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