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The Last Hack

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Skyla

Morning felt wrong.

The sky was pale and washed out, too soft for the world we had left behind. The fire from last night had burned itself down to embers, leaving nothing but a circle of ash in the courtyard. Survivors moved through the ruins with heavy steps, cleaning, salvaging, and building something new out of what had been broken.

I stood by the doorway of the safe house, clutching a chipped mug of bitter coffee, and told myself this was peace. Or the closest we were going to get.

But then I saw Taylor.

She was crouched over what was left of her laptop—half its casing melted, wires spilling like guts, sparks hissing each time she breathed wrong near it. Yet her fingers moved fast, precise, as though she wasn’t patching together a corpse but building something alive.

“Since when do you get up before me?” I asked, forcing a smile.

She didn’t look up. “Since last night. I haven’t slept a wink.”

I frowned. “Taylor …”

“Don’t,” she said sharply. Then her tone softened, a
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