All Chapters of Fearless: Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

Beneath Room 317The arrow on the key continued pointing downward.Hazel stood in the hospital corridor, staring at it.Claire understood before Miyan did.“The room isn't the destination.”Hazel nodded.“It's the marker.”Miyan looked toward the floor.“So whatever the key opens is underneath us.”“Probably,” Claire said.Hazel looked toward the elevators.“Then let's find it.”Claire stopped her.“Not through the main elevators.”“Why?”“Because this hospital doesn't have a basement.”Miyan frowned.“Then where are we going?”Claire walked toward the service corridor.“There are older sections beneath Dallas that don't appear on modern building plans.”Hazel followed.“How do you know?”“Jae showed me one.”That answer made Hazel stop.“When?”“After the final battle.”Claire continued walking.“He believed the old underground facilities were connected to several places where strange energy had been detected during the war.”Hazel caught up.“And this hospital?”“We don't know yet.”

The Door That RememberedThe third heartbeat did not belong to Hazel.It came from beneath the floor.THUMP.The entire underground chamber trembled.Dust fell from the ceiling.The black frame standing in front of Hazel shuddered as if something on the other side had struck it from within.Claire immediately stepped forward.“Hazel.”Hazel didn't move.Her eyes remained fixed on the opening.The darkness inside the frame had changed.It was no longer completely black.Something was moving inside it.Not a person.Not a shadow.Something deeper.Something that seemed to exist behind the darkness itself.Miyan slowly raised his weapon.“Claire…”“I see it.”Another tremor passed through the chamber.THUMP.Hazel's hand tightened.The warmth inside her chest returned.This time, however, it wasn't painful.It was steady.Almost calm.She could feel her power moving through her body like a current beneath the skin.For the first time since the attacks began, Hazel wasn't afraid of it.Sh

The Facility Beneath DallasThe coordinates led them thirty-two miles outside downtown Dallas.The city slowly disappeared behind them.Skyscrapers became warehouses.Warehouses became empty industrial lots.Then even those disappeared.Only darkness remained.Hazel sat silently in the passenger seat, staring through the window.She hadn't spoken since they found the message.DON'T FOLLOW THE MAN WHO LOOKS LIKE ME.Jae's handwriting.She had stared at those words so many times that they had become burned into her mind.If the note really came from Jae, then there was only one conclusion.He knew about the other man.And he had warned her about him.But the question that wouldn't leave Hazel alone was worse.How long had Jae known?Claire drove with both hands firmly on the steering wheel.Miyan sat in the back, unusually quiet.For nearly twenty minutes, nobody said anything.Finally, Miyan broke the silence.“So…”Claire glanced at her through the rearview mirror.“No.”“I haven't eve

The Place Jae Couldn't EscapeThe enormous eye disappeared.The darkness collapsed.And Hazel fell to her knees.Claire caught her before she hit the ground.“Hazel!”Hazel gasped for air.Her entire body was shaking.Miyan rushed toward them.“Is she hurt?”“I don't know.”Claire placed a hand against Hazel's shoulder.“Hazel. Look at me.”Hazel slowly opened her eyes.For a moment, she couldn't recognize where she was.Then she remembered.The eye.The voice.WE HAVE BEEN WAITING.Hazel pushed herself upright.“It knew my name.”Claire nodded.“We heard it.”“It wasn't the same thing behind the door.”Claire's expression tightened.“No.”Hazel looked at her.“There were two.”Claire didn't answer.Miyan looked around the room.“Where did the other guy go?”The man who looked like Jae was gone.Only darkness remained.Then something dropped from the ceiling.CLANG.Miyan jumped.A small metal cylinder rolled across the floor.Hazel picked it up.There was a symbol engraved on it.The

The Choice Jae FearedThe countdown continued.71:59:4271:59:4171:59:40Hazel stared at the numbers.Three days.Jae was coming back.After all these years.The thought should have filled her with relief.Instead, something felt wrong.The clone stood several feet away.Claire kept her weapon trained on him.Miyan watched the monitors.Hazel looked at the clone.“You said Jae was keeping something away from Earth.”“Yes.”“What?”“I don't know its name.”“Then describe it.”The clone shook his head.“You've already seen it.”Hazel's eyes narrowed.“The eye.”“Yes.”Miyan looked confused.“The giant eye?”Claire nodded.“The thing beneath Dallas.”The clone looked at them.“That wasn't beneath Dallas.”Hazel frowned.“What?”“It was looking through Dallas.”Silence.The clone continued.“It's not physically here.”Hazel felt cold.“Then how did we see it?”“Because the door isn't a door.”Claire's expression changed.“Then what is it?”“A connection.”“To where?”The clone looked tow