The glowing needle of violet light was inches from my chest—specifically, the psychic junction where my soul was hardwired to Xander’s. The air in the Sub-Directory hummed with a predatory frequency, a mechanical hunger that saw our love as nothing more than a fragmented file slowing down the system."Delete the wolf," the Sentinel repeated, its obsidian face-plate reflecting the golden fire in my eyes. "The Alpha-Process consumes excessive bandwidth. To stop the Global Wipe, the Admin must be optimized. Sever the link, and the path to Greenland will be cleared."Beside me, Xander let out a sound that wasn't human or wolf—it was the sound of a god-tier machine being pushed to its thermal limits. The violet ring around him was glowing white-hot, crushing his ribs, but he didn't scream. He looked at me, his eyes wide with a raw, agonizing clarity."Sereia," he choked out, the pressure making blood leak from the corner of his mouth. "If... if the system needs me gone to save the world...
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