Ariana POVThe moment Sean said there was another way in, the room changed again. It was not a physical change I could point at, but something in the air shifted, like the control I thought I had was slipping out of my hands. My chest tightened as I stared at him, trying to understand how he could say something like that so calmly."What do you mean another way in?" I asked slowly.Sean did not rush his answer. He stood there like he had all the time in the world, even though everything around us felt like it was about to collapse. That calmness made it harder to trust him."It means exactly what I said," he replied. "Your father did not design a single lock. He designed a system that adapts."Nick stepped forward immediately, his voice sharp. "You’re changing the rules after bringing us here," he said. "That’s not how this works.""It is when the system is still alive," Sean replied.That sentence made my stomach turn slightly. The idea that something my father created was still acti
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