The Echoes in the Glass

The heavy steel shutter slammed down like a falling guillotine.The loud bang echoed through the concrete hallway, cutting us off from the giant glass laboratory. Bright red emergency lights flashed against the stark white walls, painting everything in the sickening color of fresh blood.Clang! Clang! Clang!Steel plates dropped behind us too, sealing the hallway from both ends. We were trapped in a tight, thirty-foot corridor with no windows, no side doors, and no way out."Arthur!" I gasped, my back hitting the cold concrete wall as my chest heaved for air.Arthur moved in front of me instantly. He drew his heavy tactical sidearm, stepping between the metal shutter and my shaking body. His face was pure stone, his eyes dark and razor-sharp as he scanned the ceiling."Marcus, get a charge on that shutter!" Arthur commanded, his voice dropping into a low, deadly growl.Marcus Thorne rushed to the steel barrier, slapping a flat breaching charge against the center seam. "Stand back! I'm

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The Price of Blood

The red LED light on Dr. Miller’s collar blinked in a steady, terrifying rhythm.Dr. Miller looked down at us from the high metal ledge, his mouth gagged with thick black tape, his worn face covered in dark purple bruises. His eyes weren't filled with fear, though. They were filled with an urgent, silent warning telling me to stand down."You have ten seconds, Vivian," Eleanor Vance called out from the platform, her thumb hovering over the sleek silver detonator. "Give me the sequence etched inside your silver locket, or I push this button. His blood will be on your hands."My hand flew to my chest, my fingers wrapping tightly around the cool silver heart hanging against my collarbone."Vivian, don't," Arthur said, his voice dropping into a low, steady rumble. He didn't turn his head, keeping his eyes and his gun locked straight onto the guards standing beside Eleanor. "The second she gets that code, she kills Miller anyway and wipes us out.""I can't just watch him die, Arthur!" I so

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The Iron Barrier

The roar of the explosion blew out my ears.A blinding cloud of concrete dust and gray smoke billowed out of the stairwell, choking the air in the main laboratory. The ground beneath my feet trembled violently, sending small glass vials rattling off the metal tables."Arthur!" I shrieked, my voice cracking into a ragged sob.I threw myself toward the smoking stairwell, completely blind to the danger. My hands shook so hard I could barely see where I was going through the haze."Vivian, wait!" my father yelled, sprinting across the polished floor to catch me by the waist before I could jump into the ruined pit."Let me go!" I screamed, thrashing against his chest, tears cutting clean streaks down my soot-stained face. "Arthur is down there! He's down there!""The structural supports are gone, Vivian!" my father shouted over the high-pitched ringing in my ears. "If you jump down there without a torch, you'll be buried alive!"Thick, black smoke rolled out of the jagged hole where the co

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Lahat ng Kabanata ng TOO LATE TO REGRET, EX-HUSBAND: Kabanata 211 - Kabanata 213

The Echoes in the Glass

The Price of Blood

The Iron Barrier