The Obsidian Clause
It was pulling a final, hidden file—a ghost in the wires—from the wreckage of the server.
A single line of text appeared on the tiny, cracked screen: FINAL CLAUSE UNLOCKED. FOR IRIS.
Iris watched, her breath catching, as a map began to draw itself. It was a set of GPS coordinates located at the very edge of the Blackwood estate, miles away from the Vane mansion, tucked into a valley where the trees grew thick and the sun rarely reached.
"Julian," she breathed, her thumb tracing the glowing coordinates.