They left the estate after midnight.The vehicle was unmarked, its systems routed through layered decoy channels. Damian drove. Lyra sat in the passenger seat, the residual pull of the secondary anchor a constant low pressure beneath her skin. The silver markings remained dark, yet the Eclipse current stayed alert, oriented toward the northern corridor with a steadiness that increased as the distance closed.Neither of them spoke for the first stretch of road. The silence was not empty. It carried the weight of the decision they had made and the knowledge that once they left Blackwood ground, the protections of the estate no longer applied. Cassian’s closed council session was still in progress according to the last reports. Crowe’s network had gone quiet after the failed extraction. The quiet felt like the held breath before the next move.“The facility sits under a research designation that has not been publicly active in nine years,” Damian said eventually. His voice remained low,
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