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Chapter 302: The Frozen Hour
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2026-02-11 22:38:50The Vanguard hunters across New York were frozen but not gone.
Jack could feel them—thirty-seven in total—suspended in pockets of stopped time throughout the city. They were like splinters of ice embedded in living flesh. Harmless for now, but the moment the Old Ones' temporal prison failed..."How long will the freeze hold?" he asked Alia through comms as the Valkyrie carried them back to Sterling Tower."Unknown. The energy readings are off our charts." Alia's voi
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