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Chapter 150

Eli collapsed before he reached the couch. His legs gave out. His vision blurred. His body hit the floor with a heavy thud. "Eli!" Cove was beside him in an instant. He pulled him into his arms. He checked his pulse. His breathing. His eyes. "What's wrong? Talk to me." Eli's voice was barely a whisper. "Tired." "Tired? You just collapsed." "The ability. It drains me. Every time I use it. Every time I push. It takes something from me." "What does it take?" "Energy. Strength. Life." Cove's face went pale. "Life?" "Not like that. Not permanently. But it leaves me weak. Vulnerable." "How long?" "Hours. Maybe days. Depends on how much I use." "You can't keep doing this." "I have

Chapter 151

"He's going to hit every safe house. Every single one." Eli stood in the middle of the penthouse, his heart pounding, his mind racing. Cove was beside him, his face pale, his eyes hard. Lena was on the phone, her voice tight. "How many?" Cove asked. "Twelve. Maybe more. He's been planning this for weeks." "Where?" "Everywhere. Downtown. The docks. The industrial district. The suburbs. He's spreading us thin." Eli stepped forward. His voice was steady. "Then we don't spread thin. We concentrate." "What?" "We pick one location. The most important one. We fortify it. We make it impenetrable. And we let him come to us." "That's risky." "Everything's risky." "If we're wrong..." "We won't be." Cove studied him. Then he n

Chapter 152

Eli was already moving before Cove could stop him."Where are you going?""To find her.""We don't know where she is.""I'll find out.""How?"Eli grabbed his laptop. His fingers flew across the keys."The safe house had cameras. Hidden ones. Adrian didn't know about them.""How do you know?""Because I installed them myself."Cove watched him work. His heart was pounding."Can you access them?""I'm trying."The screen flickered. Lines of code. Static. Then a picture."There," Eli said. "I've got eyes on the safe house."The screen showed a room. Destroyed. Blood on the walls. Bodies on the floor."Lena's not there," Cove said."No. But she was. Look."He pointed at the corner of the screen. A piece of fabric. Torn from a jacket. Lena's jacket."She fought," Eli said. "She fought hard.""But she lost.""She's not dead.""How do you know?""Because Adrian wants her alive. She's leverage. She's bait.""For what?""For us."---Eli worked for hours.He traced the security feeds. The tra

Chapter 153

"Drop your weapons. Or she dies."Eli froze. His gun was still raised. His finger was on the trigger."Don't do it," Lena whispered. "He's bluffing."Adrian pressed the gun harder against her head. "Am I?""Eli," Cove said. "Don't.""We don't have a choice.""We always have a choice.""Not this time."Eli lowered his gun. He set it on the floor. He kicked it away."Good," Adrian said. "Now you."Cove hesitated. Then he lowered his gun. He set it on the floor. He kicked it away."Good," Adrian said again. "Now we can talk.""We have nothing to talk about.""We have everything to talk about." Adrian let go of Lena. She slumped in the chair. "You see, I don't want to kill you. I never did.""Then what do you want?""I want you to understand. I want you to see the truth.""What truth?""That we're the same. You and me. We're both products of the same system. We're both survivors of the same nightmare. We're both trying to build something better.""I'm nothing like you.""You're exactly li

Chapter 154

Cove was dying in Eli's arms.His blood was warm. Too warm. It soaked through Eli's shirt. It stained his hands. It pooled on the floor beneath them."Stay with me," Eli whispered. "Please stay with me."Cove didn't answer. His eyes were closed. His breathing was shallow. His skin was pale.Eli pressed harder on the wound. He tried to stop the bleeding. He tried to keep him alive."Help is coming," he said. "Just hang on."He pulled out his phone. He called Lena. No answer. He called Ruiz. No answer. He called everyone. No answer.He was alone.He looked around. The warehouse was destroyed. The walls were cracked. The ceiling was falling.He needed to get out. He needed to get Cove to a hospital.He stood up. He lifted Cove in his arms. He carried him through the rubble."You're heavy," Eli said. "You know that?"Cove didn't answer."You're going to be okay. We're going to get you help."He pushed through the door. The night air hit him. Cold. Sharp. Real.He saw a car. Abandoned. He

Chapter 155

Eli drove like a madman.The city was a blur. The lights. The buildings. The people. He didn't see any of it. All he saw was Cove's face. Pale. Still. Dying."Hold on," he whispered. "Please hold on."He ran every red light. He cut every corner. He didn't care about the police. He didn't care about the rules. He only cared about getting back to the hospital.His phone rang. He answered without looking."Eli? Where are you?"Lena. Her voice was tight. Worried."On my way. Five minutes.""Cove's still in surgery. The doctors say it's bad.""How bad?""He lost a lot of blood. They're doing everything they can.""I'm almost there.""Hurry."She hung up. Eli pressed harder on the gas.---He reached the hospital in four minutes.He ran inside. The waiting room was chaos. Police. Doctors. Nurses. Everyone was moving. Everyone was shouting.

Chapter 156

Eli woke up to the sound of machines beeping.His body was heavy. His mind was foggy. He tried to move. He couldn't."Hey," a voice said. "Don't move. You're still weak."Eli turned his head. Cove was sitting beside him. He was pale. He was thin. But he was alive."Cove.""I'm here.""You're alive.""I'm alive.""I thought I lost you.""You didn't.""You were bleeding. So much blood.""I know.""I gave you my blood.""I know.""You almost died.""I know.""You almost left me.""I didn't.""You promised.""I kept my promise."Eli closed his eyes. Tears streamed down his face."I was so scared.""I know.""I thought I was going to lose you.""You didn't.""I thought I was going to be alone.""You're not.""I love you.""I love you t

Chapter 157:

Eli couldn't sleep.He lay in the bed. The room was dark. The house was quiet. But his mind was racing.There are more of us.Adrian's words kept playing in his head. More survivors. More experiments. More people like him.He needed to find them. He needed to stop them.He sat up. His body screamed. He ignored it.He grabbed his laptop. He opened it. He started searching.The Project. Victor Voss. Experiment files. Anything he could find.Then he found it. A list. Names. Dates. Locations."Subjects who survived initial trials."He read the names. Most were crossed out. Dead.But a few were not."Subject seven. Marcus Thorne. Status: Alive.""Subject thirteen. Anya Petrova. Status: Alive.""Subject twenty two. David Chen. Status: Alive.""Subject thirty four. Elena Vasquez. Status: Alive."He stared at the list. There were others. Others like

Chapter 158

The hospital was quiet.Eli sat in the waiting room. His body was tired. His mind was racing. Cove was beside him. His hand was in Eli's."He's been in there for hours," Cove said."I know.""What if something goes wrong?""It won't.""How do you know?""I don't."They sat in silence. The clock ticked. The minutes passed.Then the door opened. A doctor walked out. Her face was tired. But she was smiling."He's stable."Eli's heart stopped. "He's alive?""He's alive. The surgery was a success. He's going to be okay."Eli closed his eyes. Tears streamed down his face."Thank God.""You can see him now. But he's still weak. Don't stay too long."Eli nodded. He stood up. He walked into the room.David was in the bed. His face was pale. His body was thin. But he was alive."Hey," Eli said.David opened his eyes. He

Chapter 159

Eli didn't sleep that night.He sat in the safe house. The room was dark. The house was quiet. But his mind was racing.The network. The bigger organization. The people who controlled everything.He needed to find them. He needed to stop them.He opened his laptop. He started searching. Old files. Hidden records. Anything he could find.Then he found it. A name. A reference. A shadow."The Network. A collective of powerful individuals. Funded Victor Voss's experiments. Controlled the five families. Operated in the shadows for decades."He read the file. His blood ran cold.They were still active. They were still watching. They were everywhere.He traced the network. He followed the money. He found connections.Politicians. Businessmen. Military leaders. People in power. People who controlled everything."This is bigger than Adrian," he whispered. "This is bigger than everything."

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