The Alpha's Forbidden Heir
"It’s not just the grid that’s falling. It’s the entire tower. We have to move. Now."
Arthur hauled Kael onto his back, his muscles straining under the weight. "Where? We’re ten levels deep!"
Lucien pointed toward the crack in the ceiling, where the night sky was visible, distant and cold. "Up. We climb. We leave the tomb behind."
As they began to ascend, dragging themselves through the ruins of the Directorate’s legacy, the sound of the mountain’s collapse roared behind them—a symphony of destruction that signaled, for the first time in history, the end of the machine.