Chapter 46: The Ghost Circuit
The world dissolved into light.
Ethan’s body convulsed as the surge of data ripped through him — a fusion of memory, code, and pain. His scream echoed through nothingness, but there was no air, no ground, no sound. Only a hum. A deep, pulsing resonance, like the heartbeat of something ancient and endless.
When he opened his eyes, he wasn’t in the Array anymore.
He stood in a vast white corridor that stretched into infinity — walls of glass and steel that reflected thousands of shifting images. Memories. Dreams. Lives that weren’t his.
Maya stood beside him, her breathing uneven. “Where are we?”
Ethan swallowed hard. “Inside. We’re inside Elysium.”
Her reflection flickered in the mirrored walls — and in some reflections, she wasn’t herself. In one, she w
