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The door stood in front of Elena.Seven circles surrounded a single point in the center.The symbol seemed to breathe.Every few seconds, a faint pulse of light traveled through it.Boom.Boom.Boom.The sound matched the heartbeat beneath the mountain.Elena couldn't move.She had faced Genesis.She had watched thousands of people escape captivity.She had nearly sacrificed herself to destroy the system.But standing before that door, she felt something she hadn't felt in years.Fear.Not fear for herself.Fear of what would happen if she opened it.Adrian stood beside her.“Don't do anything until we know what we're dealing with.”Elena nodded.“I agree.”Seraphine stepped closer.“You shouldn't open that door.”Elena looked at her.“You just told us it was the only way to stop the Architects.”“I said it was the way to reach the chamber.”“Then why are you telling me not to open it?”“Because I didn't know the Witness had awakened.”Elena glanced at Luna.The little girl was starin

“Elena…”Adrian's voice trembled.She had never heard him sound like that before.His eyes were still glowing silver.His hand remained pressed against his temple as if he were trying to hold something inside his head.Elena rushed toward him.“Adrian, look at me.”He looked up.For one terrifying second, his eyes were completely unfamiliar.Then the silver faded.“Elena?”She grabbed his face.“Are you okay?”He nodded slowly.“I think so.”“You think so?”“I can still hear it.”“What is it saying?”Adrian swallowed.“It keeps repeating one thing.”“What?”He looked directly into her eyes.“Come home.”Elena's blood ran cold.“That was what it said to me.”Adrian looked around the chamber.“Then we're connected.”“Apparently.”A sharp pain suddenly shot through Adrian's chest.He fell to his knees.“Adrian!”Elena dropped beside him.His hands trembled.“Get it out!”“What?”“Get it out of my head!”“I don't know how!”“Then do something!”Elena grabbed his hand.“I won't let it take

The darkness lasted only a few seconds.But to Elena, it felt like hours.She stood completely still, holding Adrian's hand while the emergency lights flickered around them.No one spoke.Then the lights came back.Luna was the first person Elena looked at.The little girl was staring at the message still glowing on the nearest screen.STAGE THREE: HUMAN ASCENSION.“What does that mean?” Elena asked.Luna didn't answer immediately.She looked frightened.Finally, she whispered, “It means they succeeded.”“Who?”“The Architects.”Noah stepped toward the screen.“Succeeded at what?”Luna looked at him.“At changing humanity.”Elena frowned.“Changing humanity into what?”Luna shook her head.“I don't know.”“Then why are you so afraid?”“Because I've heard them talk about it.”“When?”“Before I escaped.”Elena crouched in front of her.“Tell me everything you remember.”Luna looked down.“They said humans were weak because we had limits.”“What kind of limits?”“Our bodies.”“Our minds.

Elena couldn't move.Her mother's face was still burned into her mind.Alive.After all these years, after all the lies, after all the nights Elena had cried herself to sleep wondering why her mother had disappeared, she was alive.And she was waiting for her.But the Witness's warning wouldn't leave Elena's mind.Your mother is not who you remember.“Elena?”Adrian's voice pulled her back.She looked at him.He was watching her carefully.“Are you okay?”“No.”The answer came honestly.“My mother is alive.”“I know.”“I spent years believing she was dead.”“I know.”“She knew about all of this.”“I know.”Elena looked at the blank screen.“And now she's waiting for me.”Adrian squeezed her hand.“Then we'll go together.”Elena nodded.“But there's something you need to know.”“What?”“The Witness warned me.”“About your mother?”“Yes.”“What did it say?”Elena hesitated.“It said she isn't who I remember.”Adrian's expression became serious.“Then we don't trust her.”Elena looked at

The room went completely silent.Elena stared at the screen.THE SUBJECTS HAVE REJECTED THE CHOICE.For the first time since this nightmare began, she felt something she had almost forgotten existed.Hope.Beside her, Adrian was breathing heavily.His hand was still wrapped tightly around hers.Neither of them dared to let go.Across the room, Gabriel stared at the control panel as though it had betrayed him.“No,” he whispered.Elena looked at him.“You heard it.”“That isn't possible.”Her mother slowly stepped away from the machine.“Elena…”“What?”Her mother looked at the screen.“You did it.”Elena frowned.“Did what?”“You broke the sequence.”Gabriel shook his head.“She couldn't have.”Her mother turned toward him.“She did.”“But the Witness was programmed to force a selection.”“And she refused.”Gabriel's face hardened.“Refusal wasn't supposed to be an option.”Elena looked at him.“That's where you were wrong.”Suddenly, the entire room shook.A deep sound traveled throu