The journey to the Far East took Marcus three weeks. He traveled through multiple countries, staying in the shadows, using fake identities that Ezra had provided. The Syndicate was hunting him with increasing intensity, and Viktor's presence in his mind grew stronger with each passing day.
Marcus could feel Viktor's fragmented consciousness trying to piece itself back together, like a shattered mirror slowly being reassembled. It was a constant pressure against his thoughts, a voice that whispered temptations of power and destruction. Only the presence of Sarah's consciousness within him, dormant but present, kept him grounded.
The mountain monastery was hidden in the remote peaks of the Himalayas, accessible only through a network of hidden paths that Ezra had described in meticulous de
