Chapter 70: The Biological ParadoxThe air inside the mountain chalet smelled of dry pine wood, burning birch, and old paper—a stark, jarring contrast to the acrid stench of ozone and cordite that had followed them across Europe.Elara froze in the doorway, her hand remaining glued to Damien’s shoulder. Behind her, Julian raised his breaching shotgun, his finger tightening against the curved metal trigger until his knuckles turned bone-white. Jordan shrank back behind his mother’s coat, staring with wide, terrified eyes at the old man sitting by the hearth.Damien stood in the center, his posture rigid as a iron rail. Inside his chest, the bio-synthetic pump thumped hard—a heavy, artificial cadence that vibrated in his throat. In his mind, the phantom of Voss went eerily silent, as if the neural echo had returned to its source."Lower the weapon, Unit Two," the elderly man said softly, taking a slow sip from his porcelain cup. His voice was raspy, thin, and brittle, laced with a faint
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