All Chapters of Fearless: Chapter 111 - Chapter 120

THE WAR BEFORE THE WARWashington, D.C. had never looked so quiet.There were no tourists near the National Mall.No crowds around the monuments.No normal traffic.The National Guards had evacuated several surrounding blocks.Helicopters patrolled the sky.S-rankers had arrived from across the United States.Seven clan representatives stood inside a secure command center beneath the city.For the first time in years—the strongest independent powers on Earth stood in the same room.Jae entered.Every conversation stopped.Some people stared at him with admiration.Others with suspicion.A few with fear.Jae ignored them.Hazel entered behind him.The room became even quieter.One clan leader whispered:"That's her."Another replied:"The girl from Chicago."Hazel heard them.She didn't react.Claire entered next.Miyan followed.A National Guards commander stood at the center of the room."Thank you for coming."Jae looked at him."You said this was urgent.""It is."The commander ac

THE TWO FACTIONSThe battle beneath Washington lasted less than three minutes.It felt like an hour.The compromised members attacked without warning.Not wildly.Not recklessly.They fought with discipline.They knew exactly who to target.The National Guards commander was the first to fall.Claire protected him.Miyan attacked two compromised clan members simultaneously.Jae moved through the room like a shadow.Every strike was controlled.Every movement precise.But Hazel noticed something strange.The compromised members weren't trying to kill everyone.They were trying to separate them.One group attacked Jae.Another attacked Claire.A third surrounded Hazel.Miyan noticed it too."They're dividing us!"Jae heard her."Stay together!"Too late.The floor beneath Hazel cracked.A black circle opened.She dropped.Jae reached for her.Their hands almost touched.Then the darkness swallowed Hazel."Hazel!"Jae jumped after her.Claire grabbed him."Wait!""Let go!""You don't know

THE SON OF THE GRAY FAMILYThe photograph remained on the screen.Jae's mother.STATUS: COMPROMISED.Then his father.STATUS: COMPROMISED.And finally—Elena.STATUS: UNKNOWN.Nobody spoke.Jae stood completely still.Hazel had seen Jae angry.She had seen him wounded.She had seen him furious enough to shake entire battlefields.But she had never seen him like this.Empty.As if something inside him had suddenly disappeared.Claire stepped closer."Jae."He didn't respond."Jae."His eyes remained fixed on his mother's photograph."That's not possible."Hazel looked at the screen."Could it be false?"Jae shook his head."The system wouldn't know about my family.""Unless someone put the information there.""Exactly."Miyan looked around the room."Then someone is controlling the system."Jae finally moved.He reached for the terminal.The screen immediately changed.ACCESS DENIED.He tried again.ACCESS DENIED.Jae's energy flowed into the system.The terminal exploded.Everyone jum

ELENAJae couldn't move.The woman standing across the battlefield looked exactly like Elena.Same face.Same hair.Same eyes.Same scar beneath her left eyebrow.Hazel remembered the photographs.The woman smiled."Did you miss me?"Jae whispered:"Elena."She tilted her head."Yes."Jae stepped forward."No."Her smile disappeared."You don't believe me.""You're not her.""How do you know?""Because Elena is dead."The woman laughed."That's what they told you."Hazel's power reacted violently.The woman looked at her."Still protecting her."Jae stepped in front of Hazel.The woman sighed."You never change."Jae attacked.The woman blocked him.Their energies collided.The battlefield shook.Jae struck again.She disappeared.Reappeared behind him.Jae turned.She whispered:"You should have listened to Mother."Jae froze.Hazel noticed."Jae!"The woman attacked.Hazel intercepted.Her power struck the woman across the battlefield.She crashed into a stone wall.Jae looked at Ha

THE LAST ANCHORThe final anchor appeared in Los Angeles.No warning.No countdown.No signal.One moment, the city was normal.The next—the sky turned black.Jae watched from the command center.Hazel stood beside him.Claire was on the other side.Miyan checked her weapon.The seven clans had deployed throughout the city.National Guards units surrounded the affected zone.The anchor stood beneath an abandoned military facility.Jae stared at it."This is the last one."Hazel nodded."Then Phase Two ends."Jae looked at her."Maybe."Hazel frowned."You don't believe it.""No.""Why?""Because everything we've seen suggests the anchors aren't the objective.""Then what are they?"Jae looked toward the structure."A signal.""For what?""I don't know."Hazel sighed."You're really committed to that phrase."Jae smiled faintly."Unfortunately."They entered the facility.The anchor was waiting.It was different from the others.White.Not black.Hazel stopped."This one is mine."Jae