Chapter Twenty-Eight: Ghost Protocol
Chapter 28: Ghost Protocol Rain hammered the glass canopy above, every drop reflecting the fractured lights of the city below. Kael moved through the deserted subway tunnels, his boots splashing through shallow puddles of oil and grime. His pulse echoed in his ears, blending with the distant hum of power conduits running beneath the streets. He should have met Elira by now. They’d planned it carefully, split to divide attention, then regroup near the eastern grid. But the network interference was worsening, and every signal he sent came back twisted, distorted. The city was eating his transmissions alive. Kael stopped near a collapsed pillar and pulled up his wrist display. Static danced across the screen, lines of corrupted code flickering like lightning. He adjusted the encryption ma
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