The Surrogate’s Blade
"If you want to survive the night, stop fighting the Key. The Well will only kill you faster. If the Syndicate comes, I want you to burn them all to ash."
He exits without looking back, the magnetic seal hissing shut behind him.
I collapse against the side of the crib, my hands shaking so hard I have to grip the railing to stay upright. The wood groans under my touch. I look down at my palms.
A faint, ghostly silver light is already beginning to leak back through my pores. The suppression is over. The Five-Second Fade has reached its limit.
I reach into the bedpost and pull the Phantom Blade free. The titanium needle is cold, but as soon as my fingers touch it, the metal begins to hum, the s
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