All Chapters of I married the devil to bury my father : Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

A distorted voice echoed No one answered. Daniel stepped in front of Sophia. “You’ll never get him.” A soft chuckle came from the speakers. “You misunderstand.” “We are not asking.” The transmission ended. The screens went black. Silence filled the Genesis Vault. Then Isabella Voss sprang into action. “They’ve traced our location.” She turned to the researchers. “Initiate Protocol Athena.” Immediately, the laboratory came alive. Steel blast doors slid into place. Hidden weapon lockers emerged from the walls. Medical staff hurried the rescued children into reinforced safe rooms. Grace frowned. “You had an evacuation plan all along.” Isabella nodded. “I prayed we’d never need it.” Marco opened one of the weapon lockers. Inside were compact rifles, body armor, and encrypted communication devices. He smiled. “Now this is more like it.” Ethan picked up a tactical map from the table. “If the Board reaches the vault…” “They must never reach the Foundation Chambe

The laboratory erupted into motion. “A hostile is inside the vault!” Isabella’s voice echoed across the command center. Every researcher abandoned their stations and rushed toward the reinforced safe rooms. Steel doors slammed shut one after another. Grace checked the motion tracker. The blinking red dot continued moving. Slowly. Deliberately. Not toward the archives. Not toward the Foundation Chamber. Toward them. Marco chambered another round. “How many?” The technician zoomed in. Only one signal appeared. “…Just one.” Daniel frowned. “One person breached a fortress protected by Genesis?” Adrian’s expression hardened. “Then it isn’t an ordinary operative.” Sophia looked at the monitor. The red dot stopped. Twenty meters away. Directly behind a blast door. Silence. No footsteps. No gunfire. Nothing. Then… Three soft knocks. Knock. Knock. Knock. Everyone froze. The sound echoed through the corridor. Not aggressive. Not hurried. Almost… polite. G

The mountain trembled. Dust drifted from the ceiling of the Foundation Chamber as another explosion thundered beyond the sealed stone doors. The Wardens held their formation. No one flinched. Samuel stood at the front, gripping the black baton with both hands. Daniel frowned. “They’re attacking with explosives.” Samuel shook his head. “No.” “They’re testing us.” Grace glanced at the reinforced doors. “They won’t hold forever.” “They’re not supposed to.” Samuel replied. “The doors aren’t meant to stop the Board.” “They’re meant to buy time.” Sophia turned toward the crystal cylinder. “The Covenant…” Samuel nodded. “It has waited twenty-five years.” “It won’t wait much longer.” He stepped toward the platform. From inside his jacket, he removed an old bronze medallion engraved with the Genesis phoenix. He placed it into a small slot at the base of the cylinder. A soft chime echoed through the chamber. The crystal slowly rotated. Then a calm, familiar voice fill

The Covenant drifted to the floor in two torn pieces. For a heartbeat… No one moved. Victor Kane stared at the shredded document. His shoulders slumped. Twenty-five years of planning… Destroyed in a single tear. A violent tremor ripped through the Foundation Chamber. The ceiling cracked wider. Massive stones crashed onto the floor, forcing everyone to scatter. “Move!” Gabriel shouted. Samuel led the Wardens toward the evacuation tunnel. “Children first!” The rescued children hurried through the narrow passage as researchers carried the remaining Genesis archives behind them. Daniel helped Isabella to her feet. “Can you walk?” “I can.” “Then don’t stop.” Grace and Noah took positions at the rear, providing cover. Marco emptied another magazine toward the advancing Board operatives. “They just don’t know when to quit!” The operatives returned fire. Bullets struck the stone pillars, sending fragments flying across the chamber. Aldo dropped behind cover and fired t

The blinking red light reflected in Damien’s eyes. One charge. One button. One decision. Gabriel instinctively stepped in front of his son. “Sebastian…” “Don’t.” Sebastian Armand smiled as he balanced the remote in his palm. “You still think this is about killing you.” “It isn’t.” Damien kept his pistol trained on Sebastian’s chest. “If you press that button…” “You die too.” Sebastian chuckled. “I accepted my death the day I joined the Board.” “What I don’t accept…” “…is failure.” The massive Genesis door behind Gabriel continued opening. Ancient gears groaned as decades of dust fell from the ceiling. Beyond the doorway… A vast circular control room slowly came into view. Hundreds of dormant monitors lined the walls. At the center stood a single control pedestal. Above it… The silver phoenix emblem rotated slowly in the air. Gabriel’s expression changed. “The Core.” Damien looked at him. “What is it?” “The heart of Genesis.” Sebastian nodded approvingly.