His Unwanted Wife Returned as a Boss
She held the crystal shard in a lead-lined box, but the violet glow was so intense it leaked through the seams, casting jagged, ethereal shadows against the interior of the truck.
"She’s talking again," Hope whispered, her voice barely audible over the clatter of the gasifier.
"Who, the stone?" Leo asked, his hand tight on his rifle.
"No. The thing in Boston. The Iron Mind." Hope looked at Julian through the rearview mirror. "Daddy, it’s not a person. And it’s not an AI like Mom was. It’s a... logic. It’s the part of the Sovereignty that was just the math. The part that didn't care about 'Wellness.' It just cares about 'Order'."