When Love Was A Lie
"You can't negotiate with a heartbeat, Eleanor. You can only let it consume you."
"Shut up, Soren," I snapped. I turned to Caspian, moving into his space, my hand gripping his shoulder to steady myself as the ground beneath us groaned. The contact felt like a lightning rod. "If it’s a neural network born from our data, then the Covenant is its DNA. It’s not just looking for peace; it’s looking for the Veto."
Caspian stopped. He looked at me, his breath coming in short, jagged gasps. The proximity between us was suffocating, a mix of the planet's end and the unfinished fire of the sub-basement.
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