Contract With My Hidden Enemy
The words burned into the holographic glass, casting a cold, eerie crimson light across my face.
WELCOME BACK, HEIR.
The silence that followed was so suffocating, it felt heavy enough to suffocate us all. The only sound in the heart of Level Four was the low, rhythmic hum of the damaged mainframe.
"What..." My voice was barely a squeak, the word dying in my throat before it could truly form. I stared at the screen, my mind spinning so fast that the text started looking blurry. Heir? Heir to what?