THE BILLIONAIRE’S SECOND CHANCE BETRAYAL
They crashed into the bench, breaking it apart.
The black beam widened. The sky over Nigeria turned dark purple. The Keyhole wasn’t just a hole anymore—it was a door. Something on the other side wanted to come through.
Then, from that purple sky, hundreds of tiny shapes started falling. At first, they sparkled like diamonds. But when they hit the ground, they unfolded into skinny machines with too many legs—glass spiders, clicking and skittering everywhere.
“Collectors,” Gabe hissed, pushing himself up from the wrecked bench. “The Market isn’t dead, June. It’s fixing itself. Those are Auditor machines—they’ve come to take the Ingredients back!”