Broken Vows, New Promises
The morning light crept through the trees, fractured into gold by the branches overhead. It filtered through the cabin’s dust-laced windows, casting a gentle warmth over the quiet aftermath.
The cabin was quiet again—but not peaceful.
Damien sat at the edge of the table, jaw clenched, examining the dismantled tech from the intruders they had taken down the night before. Pieces of synthetic muscle tissue, reinforced armor fiber, and neural relays lay scattered across the surface. He kept returning to the emblem etched into the inner visor: a spiral looping back on itself, like a serpent devouring its own tail.
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