All Chapters of His Dark Covenant: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

The countdown continued.00:46:58Elena couldn't move.“Your father.”The words echoed inside her head.She looked at Isabella.“You're saying my father is alive?”Isabella nodded.“And he's beneath Accra.”“Who is he?”Isabella hesitated.“I don't know what he calls himself now.”Adrian stepped closer.“Then what was his name?”Isabella looked at Elena.“Marcus Cross.”Elena's breath caught.She had seen that name once.In an old photograph.On a document her mother had destroyed.And in the corner of one of the Covenant files.She had never understood why it was there.Now she did.The Journey HomeThey left the tower through a concealed passage.Forty-seven Architects followed.Evelyn remained behind with Isabella.Adrian stopped before leaving.“I'm coming back.”Isabella smiled.“I know.”He hugged her.Then whispered:“Don't disappear.”She held him tighter.“I've waited thirty years to hear you say that.”When Adrian finally stepped away, Elena noticed something in Isabella's e

The city moved without moving.Cars stopped in the middle of intersections.Drones hovered motionless above rooftops.Traffic lights remained frozen.Every screen in Accra displayed the same symbol.THE BLACK CATHEDRALElena stared at the projection from the Origin Key.“Where is it?”Mara zoomed in.The map showed a location beyond the city's center.Daniel stepped closer.“I know that place.”Elena looked at him.“You've been there?”“Not physically.”His fingers touched the scar beneath his collar.“I remember it.”Adrian looked toward the darkened streets.“Then we're going.”Mara shook her head.“We can't.”“Why?”She pointed at the silent city.“Because everything is watching.”A City of EyesThey left the communications station through a rear entrance.The streets were almost deserted.Almost.People stood inside shops and doorways, staring at their phones.Some screens displayed nothing.Others displayed Elena's face.Her name appeared beneath it.ELENA CROSS — CREATOR ACCESS

The forty-seven Architects stood in the doorway.Silent.Motionless.Watching Elena.For several seconds, nobody moved.Then Daniel stepped forward.His face was pale, but his eyes were his own again.“Elena.”She turned.“Daniel?”He looked at the symbol glowing on her hand.“You activated the Rewrite Protocol.”“Yes.”His expression tightened.“Do you know what that means?”“No.”Daniel glanced at the others.“Neither do we.”A strange silence followed.Then one of the Architects laughed.Not cruelly.Nervously.“After everything we've survived, we're finally facing something none of us understands.”Adrian stepped beside Elena.“Then we'll figure it out.”Daniel looked at him.“You sound like Isabella.”Adrian's expression softened.“Maybe that's not such a bad thing.”The Third OptionMara rushed to the central console.Numbers were racing across the screen.“What did you change?”Elena looked at the system.“I don't know.”Mara stared at her.“You rewrote the Covenant without kno

The sky opened.Elena couldn't look away.The enormous object remained hidden behind the clouds, but its presence was unmistakable.The city had gone completely silent.No traffic.No voices.Not even the distant sound of generators.Only the low vibration beneath their feet.Adrian squeezed Elena's hand.“Stay close.”She looked at him.“I've spent my entire life being protected by people who lied to me.”His expression softened.“I won't lie to you.”“Promise?”“I promise.”Before Elena could answer, the object descended through the clouds.It wasn't a spacecraft.It was a structure.A massive black platform suspended above the city.Mara stared at it.“That shouldn't be possible.”Daniel looked up.“It isn't.”Marcus suddenly stepped backward.Elena noticed.“Dad?”He didn't answer.“Marcus.”He finally looked at her.His face was filled with fear.“I know that structure.”The Black PlatformMara turned toward him.“From where?”Marcus swallowed.“The original Covenant archives.”E

The sky was no longer the sky Elena remembered.Thousands of unfamiliar points of light shimmered above Accra, moving in patterns that made no sense.Some appeared.Some vanished.Others connected.Like a map being drawn across the heavens.Elena stood beneath them, unable to look away.Adrian reached her first.“Elena.”She turned.Her eyes were still faintly illuminated.“I'm okay.”“You don't look okay.”She looked at her hands.“I can see things.”“What things?”“Places.”She swallowed.“People.”A pause.“Memories that aren't mine.”Adrian took her hand.“Then don't listen to them.”She looked at him.“Why?”“Because whatever they are…”He squeezed her fingers.“…you're still you.”For the first time since the sky changed, Elena smiled.Then a voice spoke inside her mind.“RETURN.”She closed her eyes.“No.”The voice answered.“YOU BELONG TO ORIGIN.”Elena opened her eyes.“I belong to myself.”The sky went silent.The Impossible MapMara rushed toward them.“I found something.”