Chapter 21: Infiltration
Three weeks later.
Phoenix and Jayce rented a small apartment in Seattle. Far from Los Angeles. Far from the memories. Far from the rubble where their father had died.
Phoenix was adjusting to his new identity. New person. New life. The consciousness merge had stabilized. He wasn't Trey. Wasn't Jayce. He was something else. Someone else. Still figuring out who.
Jayce was healing. Physically. Mentally. The genetic disease was gone. The cure had worked. He had a normal lifespan now. Decades ahead of him. He didn't know what to do with all that time.
They worked construction jobs. Paid cash. Used fake names. Tried to be normal. Tried to forget.
It didn't work.
Every night, Jayce dreamed about Victoria. About her burning in the thermite. About her crawling throu
