Replaced by His First Love
The red light on my tactical console died, replaced by a steady, quiet blue.
Silence returned to the basement—stagnant, metallic, and heavy with the smell of burnt circuits. Kael’s voice was a final, peaceful rattle in my skull.
“Done… for… now…”
I fell to my knees, my breath coming in shallow, jagged sips. My left arm was smoking, the waxy quartz skin now etched with a jagged, crimson-black sigil—the mark of the Second Prime.
Leo threw his shivering body against my chest, his stuffy nose wet against my skin.
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