Chapter 24
📖 CHAPTER 24: The System Chooses Back The moment Elara lifted her hand, the silence shattered. Not with noise. With response. ⸻ Every connected system in the building lit up at once. Red indicators. Green resets. Blue access waves. All shifting in real time. ⸻ Mira stepped back in shock. “It’s syncing across the entire network…” Adrian’s eyes narrowed. “…she’s not just accessing it.” A pause. “She’s overriding it.” ⸻ Elara’s breathing was uneven. “I’m not trying to do anything…” But her hand didn’t drop. And the system didn’t stop responding. ⸻ The Alpha beside her moved again. Not kneeling now. Standing fully. Like it was waiting for direction. ⸻ Then it spoke. “COMMAND INPUT ACCEPTED.” Elara flinched. “I didn’t even say anything.” Adrian’s voice was low. “Y
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