Descent into the Iron WombThe blast doors of the Cinder Gorge citadel did not open with the graceful, fluid hiss of the Core’s pneumatic glass portals. They groaned to life with the sound of grinding tectonic plates and heavy hydraulic pistons clearing tons of reinforced basalt. A thick plume of chilled, recycled oxygen rushed out from the interior, carrying the sharp, utilitarian scents of gun oil, soldering flux, and the mineral tang of raw silver-tungsten ore.Apollo Kian didn’t flinch as the heavy shadow of the threshold fell over them. Beside him, Kaira adjusted her tactical belt with calm, surgical precision, her eyes tracking the recessed defensive turrets lining the vaulted ceiling above. In the dim, flickering amber emergency light, Caelen dissolved completely into the background shadows, leaving behind only the ghost of a chill in the air to mark his passage."Keep up," Caspian Vane called back over his shoulder, his boots clanking heavily against the grated metal flooring
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