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I nodded. There was another pause. Then her eyes lifted to mine. “You know… if there’s a next life, I’ll make sure I’m the one he falls for first.” I chuckled. “And you think I’d just be sitting in a corner doing nothing, letting that happen?” Shoshanna smirked, a faint shrug lifting her shoulder. “Even if not, I won’t give him up so easily next time.” I nodded again, lips curved. “Till then.”

Julian dove through the cloud, tackling Logan into the wall. The two men crashed to the floor, the executive and the billionaire, grappling in the dirt and the foam like common street fighters. In the command center, Clara’s hand hovered over the final 'Enter' key. Her screen was flashing a single message: REBOOT GLOBAL GRID? "This is for our daughter," she whispered. She pressed the key.

And then it stopped, and I felt her slip away, her familiar warmth left me, and all I could feel was a cold emptiness. I gasped for air, and the crowd watched, their faces a mixture of pity and hatred. After all, I’d killed their Beta and Luna, and the faces of my pack were angry. No one moved to help me. “You’ve been rejected, Selene.” Rafe said, his voice lacking emotion. “And you will no longer have the privilege of being a part of the Crimson Pack. A new leader will take over. You will be banished, exiled, and you are never to return.”

"Step forward, Nilah. You're the next Alpha, you will be let in." I looked at the barren land, skeptism filling my stomach. But I took a breath, clutching my phone so hard my knuckles turned white, and stepped forward. The moment I stepped fully onto the land, I felt a jolt of resistance. It was like a wall and for a second, I couldn't breathe. What the hell was this?! A barrier?! But making barriers from pure energy were a lost art! "Keep going," Asher’s voice drifted through the haze, sounding miles away. "Don't fight it. Accept it. You are the Alpha, Nilah. A pure born one."

The version no one else was ever supposed to see. Nova’s voice came from the far terminal. “There’s no single shutdown command. It’s not centralized it’s rooted in fragments. They scattered the core so it can’t be purged all at once.” “Like emotional horcruxes,” Rae muttered, pacing the perimeter. Cassian’s voice was low, seething. “So we don’t shut it down.” Aria stepped forward, eyes narrowing. “We unmake it.” Nova turned, wary. “That’ll burn trace elements of your original Eden node. It means losing… everything.”

“Could’ve fooled me.” Torin stepped between them. “Enough. We’re on the same side.” Jessica moved to the console. “Side’s irrelevant. The timing’s what matters. Look at this.” She pulled up the global Helix interface—not the quarantined version, but the backup the council had insisted no one could access anymore. It was active. Pulsing. “Someone’s reactivating dormant limbs,” Jessica said. “Not the whole thing. Just slivers. Memory shards. And they’re doing it with precision. Not like Cain. Not brute force. This is surgical.”

Isaac replied for her, then added, "You can just call her Shanny. It's easier to remember." At that moment, tears suddenly welled up in Shannon's big eyes. She looked at Isaac pitifully and asked, "Mr. Shore, did Mommy and Daddy stop wanting me? Do you not want me anymore either?" Isaac crouched in front of her again, speaking softly as if afraid to startle her. "No, it's not like that. I'm just worried that I can't take care of you properly right now. Josie will look after you for a few days, and as soon as I'm done with everything, I'll come get you, okay?"

The questions swirled in my mind, a cascade of uncertainty. Vance, still holding me, observed the internal struggle etched across my face. "It's okay," he reassured, sensing the turmoil within. "We'll figure this out together, no matter who you are." As I gazed at the mirror, the truth echoed within me—I was Nadia, reborn with memories that transcended a single lifetime. "No we would not," I stayed as I looked at him. "We would not because I am not Iris. I am not your mate"

A single line of jagged, bleeding text materialized in her mind, accompanied by a deafening mechanical screech that drowned out the crashing waves. [SYSTEM REBOOT INITIATED.] [Warning: Emergency neural restart requires absolute biological sacrifice.] [To reactivate master architecture and deploy lethal countermeasures, Host must surrender fifty percent of remaining cardiac function.] [Do you accept the Blood Covenant?]

The countdown kept moving. Cold. Merciless. 02:59 02:58 Every second felt louder than the last. The screens around the subway station glowed with the Guardian symbol as streams of global data continued flashing across the monitors. Currencies. Markets. Banks. All seconds away from deletion. Noah stared at the countdown and whispered, “…I feel like we should be running.” Lila shook her head. “If the system resets, there’s nowhere to run.” Ethan stepped toward the console beside Jessica.