The underground facility trembled violently.
Concrete cracked.
Steel groaned.
Dust poured from the ceiling like gray rain.
Yet nobody moved.
Nobody spoke.
Nobody breathed.
Because the words on the screen had frozen everyone in place.
IF SUBJECT ZERO REMEMBERS EVERYTHING
DO NOT ALLOW HIM TO FIND THE GATE.
The flashing red letters illuminated the chamber.
The nursery.
The ancient chair.
The forgotten secrets of Blackwood.
And at the center of it all stood Adam.
Motionless.
Staring into space.
The memory restoration counter continued climbing.
94%.
95%.
96%.
Back in the hotel lobby, Gabriel looked as though he had seen a ghost.
Caleb immediately noticed.
"You know what the Gate is."
It wasn't a question.
Gabriel didn't answer.
The silence told them everything.
Arthu
