Todos los capítulos de Authority: Unregistered: Capítulo 11 - Capítulo 20

The broadcast hijacked every screen on campus at exactly 3:17 p.m. It didn't matter if it was a smartphone, a lecture hall projector, or the digital billboards looming over the city center; everything glitched into a unified, official seal.A woman's voice, devoid of emotion and terrifyingly steady, filled the air. "This is a national emergency announcement."The dorm lounge, usually a cacophony of overlapping conversations, went deathly quiet. Nox stood by the window, his gaze fixed on the horizon. Lucien was right beside him, so close that Nox could feel the heat radiating from his shoulder."Earlier today, an unprecedented atmospheric rupture was recorded globally. Governments worldwide are coordinating to assess the phenomenon.""'Atmospheric rupture,'" Mira whispered, her voice trembling. "That sounds a lot worse than 'unusual weather.'"Seris didn't offer a reassuring laugh this time."Citizens are advised to remain calm," the voice continued. "There is currently no confirmed th

Nox hadn't slept.It wasn't a new sensation, but tonight the insomnia felt heavy, like a physical weight pressing against his chest. Lucien had knocked at midnight, a sharp, rhythmic sound that cut through the silence."Go to bed," Lucien's muffled voice had come through the wood."I am in bed," Nox lied, staring at his desk."You're standing. I can hear your floorboards groaning.""Details."Lucien had let out a long, weary sigh and retreated. Now, at 3:12 a.m., the dorm was a tomb of silence. Nox sat hunched over his desk, three different notebooks splayed open under the harsh pool of his desk lamp. He didn't have the luxury of journals from his first life; those had burned with the rest of the world. He only had the fragments of his memory: dates, patterns, and the ghosts of warnings.He wrote with a hand that shook just slightly:First Life – Pre-Awakening Timeline:Minor EM interference (Week -3)Irregular animal behavior (Week -2)Seismic false alarms (Week -1)The Fracture: Mar

The seam didn't just pulse this time. It tore.It wasn't a clean break. It was a violent, jagged rip that seemed to suck the clouds inward, warping the sky like wet paper. In the gym, the industrial lights overhead went into a seizure, strobing so fast it made the room feel like a fragmented nightmare."Get back! Move!" Garrick shouted, his voice cracking over the sudden roar of wind.The air pressure didn't just drop; it vanished. Everyone staggered, clutching their ears as the vacuum tugged at their lungs. Mira lunged for a bolted-down weight bench, her knuckles white as she hung on for dear life. "That's not... that's not wind!" she shrieked.The gym's steel skeleton groaned, a deep, metal-on-metal scream that vibrated through the soles of their shoes. Outside, the sound of campus changed. The confused murmurs of the last few days were gone, replaced by the kind of raw, animal panic that only happens when the world stops making sense.The seam widened another inch, and for a terrif

The dorm lounge was usually a place of low-stakes drama and half-finished homework. Now, it was a war room of vibrating glass and frantic light.Every phone in the room was buzzing in a rhythmic, terrifying unison. Mira had the TV on at max volume, the screen flickering with shaky, high-definition chaos."...reports flooded in from Tokyo, London, São Paulo; virtually every major hub is reporting the same atmospheric event," the news anchor stuttered, her professional mask slipping."Okay," Mira said, her thumb hovering over the remote to pause the clip. "Why is this everywhere? Why now?"Lucien wasn't sitting. He was pacing a tight, frantic line in front of the window. "It wasn't just the campus. We aren't just special; we're just part of the map.""It's global," Orion added, his voice unnervingly flat. "Total atmospheric synchronization."Seris was hunched over her tablet, her medical textbooks forgotten. "Emergency rooms are already hitting capacity. The reports are identical.""Ide

The soldiers arrived before the sun did.They weren't loud about it; no shouting, no crashing boots. It was just the low, heavy hum of black SUVs lining the campus entrance and the sight of uniformed personnel moving with a clipped, mechanical precision.Mira stood by the dorm window, pulling the curtain back just enough to see the courtyard. "...Oh, good. Armed guards. That's definitely a comfort."Garrick joined her, his arms crossed tight over his chest. "They're setting up checkpoints. Looks like nobody's getting out without a scan."Seris sat on the edge of her bed, her eyes glued to her tablet. "It's a mandatory medical reporting order. Anyone experiencing 'physiological anomalies' has to check in immediately."Lucien let out a sharp, dry scoff. "'Medical.' That's a polite way of saying they're hunting for the glow."Kaida looked up from her phone, her face pale in the screen's light. "The official news is calling it a 'containment protocol', to ensure public safety.""They're a