All Chapters of FRACTURED VOW : Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

The voice echoed through the darkness."Daddy?"Ava's blood ran cold.Ethan's eyes were wide open.He wasn't looking at Ava.He was staring into the darkness behind her."Did you hear that?" Ava whispered.Ethan didn't answer.The voice came again.Closer this time."Daddy..."Ethan slowly pushed himself upright."No."Ava grabbed his arm."Ethan, what's wrong?"He looked at her.For the first time, she saw genuine terror in his eyes."I killed her."Ava's heart skipped."Who?"He shook his head."I killed her."Jonathan's face turned pale."Ethan..."Ethan looked toward him."You knew."Jonathan swallowed."You weren't supposed to remember.""Who was she?"Jonathan didn't answer.Ava stepped between them."Who was she?"Jonathan looked at Ava."The first."Ava frowned."The first what?""The first thing Ethan created."A metallic sound echoed beneath them.CLANG.CLANG.CLANG.The floor trembled.Lily appeared beside Ava."We need to leave."Veronica shook her head."It's too late."

Genesis screamed.Not an alarm.Not a machine.A scream.It came from every wall, every screen, every chamber.Ava covered her ears."What is happening?"Ethan stared at her glowing palm."You're overriding it.""How?""I don't know."Elias smiled."I do."Ava turned toward him."Then tell me.""You finally stopped playing by its rules."The countdown on the screens accelerated.02:0001:5901:58Ethan moved toward the central console."We need to shut the system down."Ava stopped him."No."He looked at her."No?""If we shut it down, what happens to everyone connected to it?"Ethan's expression changed."They die.""Exactly."Ava looked around the laboratory.Hundreds of chambers.Hundreds of people.Some were still alive.Some were barely breathing.She couldn't destroy Genesis.Not like this.Elara stepped forward."Then what will you do?"Ava looked at her."Free them."Elara laughed."You can't.""Watch me."Ava placed her glowing palm against the Genesis Core.The moment she t

Ava couldn't move.Ethan stood several feet away.His body was still.Too still.His eyes were completely black.And when he smiled, it wasn't Ethan's smile.It was Elias."Hello, Ava."Her heart pounded."No."Elias tilted Ethan's head."That's all you have to say?""Get out of him."He laughed."You still don't understand."Ava stepped forward."Get out of him.""You gave yourself to Genesis."The blackness in Ethan's eyes deepened."You connected your consciousness to the system."Ava's expression hardened."So?""So I connected myself to him."Ethan's body suddenly jerked.Ava flinched."You're using him.""Of course.""Why?""Because he's the only person you would never attack."Ava's jaw tightened."You don't know me."Elias smiled."I know you better than you know yourself."He stepped closer."I remember every version of you."Ava's eyes filled with anger."Then you should remember that I don't surrender."Elias laughed."That's why I chose you."Ava stopped."Chose me?""Yes.

Ava couldn't breathe.The woman standing beside Jonathan had her face.Her eyes.Her lips.Even the tiny scar beneath her collarbone.It was as if Ava were staring into a mirror.Except the woman looked older.Calmer.And infinitely more dangerous.Ethan stepped in front of Ava."Stay behind me."The woman smiled."You still do that."Ethan's expression hardened."Who are you?"She laughed softly."You know exactly who I am."Jonathan answered for her."Her name is Dr. Amelia Hart."Ava's eyes widened."Amelia?"The woman nodded."That's what they call me now."Ethan stared at her."No."Amelia smiled."Yes."Cain stepped forward."You shouldn't have come."Amelia's gaze moved to him."And yet here I am.""You were supposed to be dead.""I've been dead before."She looked at Ava."Just like her."Ava stepped out from behind Ethan."Why do you have my face?"Amelia's smile faded."Because you have mine."Silence.Ava frowned."What?"Amelia walked closer."Before you were Ava Collins..

Ethan's ears rang.Dust filled the air.The Genesis chamber had become a wreck of broken glass, twisted metal, and sparking cables.“Ava!”He pushed himself off the floor.Nothing.“Ava!”He searched frantically through the smoke.Jonathan was on his knees.Amelia was bleeding from her forehead.Cain stood completely still.His silver eyes were fixed on the enormous screen.Subject Zero was still there.Watching.Smiling.Ethan grabbed Cain by the shoulders.“Where is she?”Cain didn't move.“Cain!”“She took her.”“Who?”Cain finally looked at him.“Zero.”Ethan's jaw tightened.“Where did she take Ava?”Cain pointed toward the shattered floor.“Below Genesis.”Ethan stared at the hole.“What is below Genesis?”Cain's expression darkened.“The place where all of this began.”---Ava opened her eyes.Silence.She was lying on a cold metallic floor.There was no Genesis interface.No cables.No machines.No Ethan.She sat up slowly.Her silver eyes illuminated the darkness around her.