THE HEIRESS THEY BURRIED
Then the screen flickered to life, pale blue light spilling across the dusty office, and a directory appeared, text scrolling slowly down a interface that hadn't been touched in thirty years.
ARCHIVE A
ARCHIVE B
ARCHIVE C
MEDICAL
OBSERVATION
RESTRICTED
ARK CHAMBER
Elara's breath caught at the final line.
ARK CHAMBER sat grayed out, unselectable, a small red marker beside it reading, simply:
ACCESS DENIED.
"Even down here," Isaac murmured, staring at the screen, "the Ark stayed sealed."
"Then it's somewhere else in this facility," Gabriel said. "Deeper."
"Or it needs something we don't have yet," Elara said quietly.