The Engineered Alpha’s Mate
“That shouldn’t be possible.”
Karev’s voice dropped. “But it is.”
Lyra shook her head slightly. “No. It means something else is forming.”
“What?”
She hesitated, because the word felt too human, too uncontrolled, too real. But it was the only one that fit. “Awareness.”
Silence followed, because that changed everything. Not response, not adaptation, but awareness, independent, self-directed, unrestricted. And awareness could not be controlled.
Across from her, A-01 moved again, one step forward, not toward the barrier, not toward the system, but toward her. Lyra didn’t stop him immediately, because she needed to understand it. He stopped close, again, at that distance that was no longer distan
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