Deadly Game
Six months later.
Living in the underbelly of the city with Zero was nothing like the gilded palace Kai had built for me. Zero’s headquarters was a sprawling, subterranean bunker beneath an abandoned iron foundry on the edge of the industrial district. It smelled of ozone, stale coffee, and cold metal. Monitors lined the concrete walls, casting a persistent, pale blue glow over rows of servers that hummed like a low, breathing beast.
But it wasn't a prison. It was a factory for a new identity.