Elias collapses against the wall, his white coat soaked in blood, eyes wide with disbelief. The suppression tech embedded in his body sparks and fries under the Bridge energy. He slides down slowly, gasping, the architect of twenty years of terror reduced to a broken man on the floor.Rowena stands tall amid the wreckage, silver-streaked hair wild, her gaze sweeping the room with sharp command. “Secure the prisoner. Maddox, Ryker—perimeter on this level. Garrick, your wolves take the eastern corridors. No escapes.”Revenant enforcers secure Elias in silver cuffs, while Garrick’s seasoned warriors fan out with brutal efficiency, years of old grudges now channeled into disciplined action.Kieran pulls Sienna and Callum tighter against his chest, his body still trembling from the variant’s lingering grip. Silver veins fade slowly across his skin where Sienna’s light touched him. “The drones,” he growls, voice rough. “We can’t let them reach the lodge.”Rowena nods once, already issuing o
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