Chapter 24
Chapter 24: The Final Key The transport glided silently across the frozen plain, headlights slicing through the dark. Lina sat between Alexander and the storm gathering outside. No words passed between them. There was nothing left to say. Only the mission. The entrance to The Mirror’s core facility was buried beneath an abandoned satellite station. Kael’s codes had worked—so far. But the air grew colder as they descended the freight elevator, deeper than Lina thought possible. “This is it,” Alexander said, as the doors hissed open. A hallway stretched before them, eerily silent. Pale lights blinked in patterns above, like a heartbeat. The Mirror was awake. Watching. Waiting. ⸻ They moved fast. Every step forward pulled Lina closer to the terminal chamber. The enhancer Kael had giv
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