Novel & Cerita Gateway

David the Second was trailing behind me, his lower lip slightly pushed out in a stubborn pout. "He tried to override the paddock gate sensors again, Jessica," I rumbled, my deep baritone shaking the quiet air of the room as I walked over to my wife’s chair, my massive hand coming down to rest on the soft curve of her neck. "I was only running a localized range test, Marcus!" David protested, slamming his small terminal onto the corner of the teak desk. "The Bluetooth receiver on the gate has a ten-meter blind spot. If a delivery vehicle stops in that zone, the security grid doesn't log the license plate for four seconds!"

Piece by piece, a dark doorway began to form on the floor before me. And then the mechanical voice rang out cheerfully in my ear: 【Congratulations, player Nina. You’ve earned the affection of all residents of “The Happy Home” and successfully summoned the Gate to the Otherworld. 【The Gate will appear tonight at 11 p.m. Surviving players, bring your families and gather on the first floor to open it. 【Anyone who misses the time will be permanently trapped within this instance.】 The live chat went wild—

"...primitive." Ren sat in the metal chair. Leo stood behind him, his arms crossed. "Watch your back in there, brother." Ren put on the goggles. He felt the cold electrodes touch his temples. "Initialize," Ren commanded. Kara hit the Enter key. The generator hummed louder. The lights in the bunker flickered. Power surge. LOGIN SEQUENCE INITIATED. BYPASSING AUTHENTICATION. CONNECTION TYPE: HARDLINE (UNREGISTERED). WELCOME, USER [ERROR].

"How can a device registered to a three-year-old child connect to your most secure network?" "You need to remember how the West Wing router operates," Kade explained, turning to face me fully. "Mrs. Halloway possesses the current password for the secure internet connection, and she uses that specific password to connect Amy's educational tablet to the network. She logs the device into the system every single afternoon so Amy can play her interactive reading games and watch her cartoon shows." The missing pieces of the complicated puzzle finally snapped together in my mind, and the horrible reality of the situation made my stomach churn with genuine disgust.

"Why would you.. " he asked but I wasn't listening anymore. I snatched his phone from Aunt Gracy but was met with password I wanted to hand it over to him to press his password but he beat me to it by telling me "The password is kejogmet" "okay" I said pressing the password and it unlocked though in my mind, I was surprised. I can remember overhearing NataliesN conversation with Jeanette and Eleanor when Natalie complained Kendall wont tell her his phone's password.

I turned off my phone and cried all the way home. I went straight to the refrigerator to grab my wine. I needed to calm my nerves. I pulled out my phone, turned it on, and called Kita. "Hey , girl what's up? I'm kind of in the middle of some." She answered the phone out of breath. "Nothing, just call me back when you get time."

The proof that I'd made it, that my system worked, that control was achievable. I felt nothing. "I appreciate that, Marcus," I said carefully. "But I'm going to decline." He blinked. "You haven't even heard the numbers." "Doesn't matter." I leaned back in the chair—the same chair where Eli had sat, challenging me, changing me. "I'm done." "Done with what?" "With this. The ladder. The next rung. The idea that there's always another level to reach." I paused. "I'm leaving the agency, Marcus. I've already talked to Eli. We're starting something new."

The waiting driver had sensed the need to intervene as it was seeming clear that his client was basically hypnotized. He drove closer and honked his horn, jolting Nicky back to reality. "Who's at the door?" A voice came from the speaker. Nicky seemed to have just noticed its presence hanging high on the right corner of the gate. She searched for more surprises and her eyes met a CCTV camera which seemed to turn and focus on her. The main entrance opened and two huge guys armed with pistols marched out and started towards the gate. "Damn it!" Nicky spoke and raced towards the car.

I was just drying my hands when he knocked on the door. {There's a shirt and some shorts that a girl from this pack lent you along with some new under ware outside the door.} his voice said in my head. I opened the door in alarm and stared at him as he smirked. "Now that you're a wolf and we're both marked, we can mind link each other. Once you officially join the pack, you'll be able to link all the rest of the pack too." he explained and I smiled. We got dressed quickly and I was pleased to see that the clothes were my size and fit well. Of course, Griffin grumbled that the shorts were too short but he was smiling while he did it.

The air was heavy, as if even the night itself knew that something was brewing. Ann stood beside her, scanning the surroundings with a wary gaze. “Looks quiet.” “Too quiet,” Lisa muttered under her breath. She approached the gate, feeling a sense of urgency clawing at her insides. Pressing the intercom button, she spoke into it. “It’s Lisa. Let me in.” There was a brief pause before the voice on the other end crackled to life. “Hold on.” The gate slowly swung open, and Lisa wasted no time walking through, her eyes darting around for any sign of trouble.