Lahat ng Kabanata ng Apocalypse: My Husband's Stepbrother Is The 001 Commader: Kabanata 21 - Kabanata 30

Chapter Twenty-TwoVeyra’s POVFor several seconds, nobody moved.The room became completely silent after Astra’s words, and I found myself staring at her as though I had heard something impossible.She had just walked into the room and offered to give her blood to my daughter without hesitation.My daughter.The same daughter whose life had suddenly become uncertain because of a blood type that was so rare that even the medical center did not have enough stored blood to save her.Cairos was still standing beside Zuri’s bed, his expression tense as he looked at Astra.The doctor seemed just as surprised. “You have the same blood type?” he asked.Astra nodded. “Yes.”I looked at her carefully. “You… Astro, you really want to save my daughter?”Her eyes moved toward me. “Yes.”There was no hesitation in her answer.She didn’t look frightened, and she didn’t seem to be waiting for anyone to convince her.She simply extended her arm toward the doctor.“Go ahead and test me.”The doctor im

Chapter Twenty-FourVeyra’s POVBy the time I returned home, the house was quieter than I expected.I opened the door and stepped inside, already preparing myself for the usual noise that came whenever Zuri was awake, but instead, I heard her laughter coming from the living room.I followed the sound and stopped at the entrance.Zuri was sitting on the floor with Astra, surrounded by a few toys. Astra was showing her something on a small screen, and Zuri was laughing as she tried to copy whatever she was doing.Neither of them noticed me.I stood there for a moment, watching them.Something inside my chest tightened.It was a strange feeling because this was my daughter, the child I had carried, protected, and raised for five years, yet she was so comfortable with Astra that she didn’t even notice when I walked into the room.I knew I shouldn’t feel hurt. Astra had saved Zuri’s life.If she hadn’t given her blood, I didn’t know what would have happened to my daughter.I owed her grati

CHAPTER TWENTY Six — Five Years of Proof Veyra’s POV By the time I finished going through the last report at the Defense Center, the room had already become quieter, with most of the officers having returned to their own sections after completing their duties for the day, but I was still sitting at my desk with several reports spread in front of me because I wanted to make sure there was nothing I had missed before leaving. The argument with Astra from earlier kept coming back to my mind, especially the way she had stood there and claimed the position as though the five years I had spent protecting the settlements, maintaining the system, solving problems, and making sure the Defense Center continued working meant nothing simply because she had built the original system. I closed the report in front of me and leaned back in my chair, rubbing my forehead as the tiredness finally began to settle over me. I had spent the entire day dealing with work, and now that everything was

CHAPTER TWENTY Eight — What Zuri AskedVeyra’s POV“Zuri…”Before I could say anything else, there was a knock on the door.Zuri immediately turned toward it, and a moment later the door opened.Cairos stood there.The moment Zuri saw him, whatever serious expression had been on her face disappeared, and she quickly climbed down from the bed and ran toward him.“Uncle Cairos”Cairos caught her as she threw her arms around him, and a small smile appeared on his face as he held her. “Good morning, little one.”“Good morning.”He looked over Zuri’s head toward me, and I could tell from the way his expression changed that he had noticed something was wrong.He gently released Zuri and looked at her. “Zuri, I want to talk to Mum for a moment.”Zuri looked between the two of us, then nodded. “Okay. I’ll go outside.”She walked toward the door, but before leaving, she turned back to look at me.I managed a small smile for her. “Go on, my love.”She left, closing the door behind her.Cairos w

Chapter Thirty Veyra’s POH 002 slowly closed the archive.For several seconds, nobody spoke.Then he looked at me. “This is not the original.”A few people around the table exchanged shocked looks.I remained where I was, my expression calm, I had already suspected it the moment I saw the archive, but hearing 002 confirm it made the situation even more serious.Orien looked at the archive.Then he looked at me, his expression had changed.He clearly had not expected this.002 picked up the archive again and examined the identification mark. “The outer seal is correct,” he said slowly. “The identification is also close enough to pass a basic inspection, but the internal mark is wrong.”One of the senior officials leaned forward. “How is that possible?”“I don’t know yet.”002 looked at me. “Where is the original Black Archive?”I didn’t answer immediately.Instead, I reached for the black case I had brought with me.I opened it and took out another archive.The moment I placed it on