The tremor beneath the floor did not stop. It rolled through the facility in deep mechanical pulses that vibrated through the walls, the shattered monitors, my ribs, hard enough to make breathing feel uneven.
And somehow, through Kessler too. I felt the exact moment his heartbeat changed. The rhythm stumbled sharply beneath the synchronization before stabilizing again through sheer force of control.
The awareness beneath my skin reacted instantly.
Containment system activation confirmed.
Cold spread violently through my stomach.
Elias moved first. “We need to leave. Now.” Kessler did not move. His gaze remained fixed on the monitors still flashing the same warning in stark white letters.
CONVERGENCE CANNOT BE REVERSED.
The words burned deeper into my mind every second I looked at th
