Chapter 52

The emergency alarm wailed throughout Obersdorf Research Station. Red lights flashed along the corridors, reflecting off metal walls and frozen glass. The atmosphere, usually tense, had now turned into open panic. “The northeast perimeter has been breached!” Stefan shouted as he ran into the control room. “Outer fence sensors are completely down!” Marko turned from the main terminal. “How many?” “Not confirmed yet. At least three vehicles.” Camelia, who had been reviewing distribution data, rose immediately. Her body had not fully recovered from the pressure of the past few days, but her instincts as a leader took over at once. “Seal all underground access points. Redirect power to bunker two,” she ordered quickly. Marko moved immediately. Stefan ran toward the communications panel. William entered through the side door wearing a tactical vest and black gloves. His face was hard, his eyes sharp. “They came sooner than I expected,” he said. Camelia stared at the external camer

Chapter 52

“Why didn’t he come to the morning meeting?” Camelia closed the report folder a little harder than necessary. Her voice sounded flat, but Marko, sitting across the table, immediately raised an eyebrow. “Who?” he asked, pretending not to know. Camelia gave him a sharp look. “Don’t make me lose my patience.” Marko held back a smile. “If you mean William, he’s been in the generator room since dawn. Fixing the backup lines.” “Oh.” The answer came too quickly. Camelia immediately lowered her gaze, pretending to read the numbers in front of her. Marko leaned back in his chair. “Were you looking for him?” “No.” “Good. Because your face says otherwise.” Camelia threw a pen at him, and Marko laughed as he caught it. But after the brief laughter faded, the room was filled with an odd silence again. It had been three days since the attack on Obersdorf Research Station and the night in the bunker. Since then, William had become quieter than usual. He still worked nonstop, securing the

Chapter 54

“Camelia, stop! You are not allowed to go down to the eastern sector!” William’s voice echoed through the underground hangar as Camelia put on her thick coat and gloves. Several technicians rushed past behind them, carrying emergency repair equipment. Small warning sirens flashed along the walls, signaling the heating system failure in the lower village. Camelia did not turn around. “The main turbine is damaged. If I don’t go, they won’t be able to reroute the grid.” “There’s Marko and Stefan.” “They need core-key authorization.” William strode after her. “You are seven months pregnant.” Camelia finally turned. “And I am leading.” Their gazes met in the middle of the chaotic hangar. The past few months had changed many things between them. The anger was no longer as fierce as before, but the tension had never truly disappeared. William held back his frustration. “The weather outside is terrible. The road to the eastern sector is iced over. It’s too dangerous.” Camelia pulled

Chapter 53

“Marko, don’t turn that screen off!” William’s voice echoed sharply through the underground server room. Marko, who had already half-pressed the power button, immediately pulled his hand back. “You almost gave me a heart attack.” William rushed in carrying several old storage modules. His hair was disheveled, his face lined with exhaustion, but his eyes burned with the sharp intensity of someone who had just found a major answer. “I need the main terminal right now.” Marko looked at the stack of devices in his hands. “What did you find?” “Backup footage.” Stefan, who had been sitting in a swivel chair, stood up at once. “Weren’t all the cameras completely dead that night?” “That’s what they wanted us to believe.” William threw one of the modules onto the desk. “The main system was down, yes. But the old analog sensors in the ventilation route had local cache memory that wasn’t connected to the central network.” Marko frowned. “And you only realized that now?” William

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