Ghost on the highway
Lights flickered to life one by one, revealing a massive junction chamber ahead—old control panels, broken signal boards, and cables hanging like exposed veins.
And in the centre—
Vex.
He stood calm and composed, coat immaculate despite the grime, a faint blue glow threading through the veins at his temples. Cables fed into a harness at his spine, pulsing in sync with the city’s unstable grid.
“You look like hell,” Vex said conversationally.
Riven stepped forward. “You look like a coward hiding behind stolen power.”
Vex smiled. “Is that what you think this is?”
He spread his arms.
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