MY CRUEL PROTECTOR
"Nevan, I need your biometric authorization. The Shield and the Sovereign have to turn the key at the exact same moment."
Nevan stepped forward, leaning over my shoulder. The heat of his body was the only thing keeping me grounded. He placed his hand on the secondary scanner. "Do it, Ruby. End the nightmare."
I initiated the sequence. The screens turned a deep, bruised purple. Authorization Required: Subject Alpha and Subject Omega.
"Three... two... one..."
But the progress bar didn't move. Instead, a crimson warning flashed across every monitor in the room.
SYSTEM LOCK: EXTERNAL INTERFERENCE DETECTED.