The terrifying, hydraulic screech of the subterranean vault doors grinding open completely vanished into the heavy, analog static of the comms link.Elias's manic, unhinged laughter faded, leaving an absolute, suffocating silence in the ruined Hall of Mirrors.The Architect is finally awake.Lucian's massive, heavily corded frame went completely rigid. The apocalyptic predator did not roar. He stared at the analog receiver, entirely paralyzed by a ghost story he had been told as a child."The Architect," Lucian rasped, his voice a low, heavy vibration that felt completely hollowed out. "My grandfather. The man who forged the original syndicate bloodlines. He didn't die in the shadow wars fifty years ago. Your family, the Valerius Elders didn't kill him. They buried him alive beneath the Siberian ice.""And Elias just completely unsealed his tomb," Zara stated flawlessly, her icy blue eyes rapidly calculating the catastrophic geopolitical fallout.She didn't let the terror take root. T
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