I barely made it out alive.
My body was a mess—bruised, aching, lungs burning with every breath. The adrenaline was fading, leaving behind the crushing weight of exhaustion. But I couldn't stop. Not yet. The stolen data drive pressed against my ribs, still tucked safely in my jacket. I had risked everything to get it. And now, I needed to know why it felt like the world itself was unraveling around me.
The sky above flickered. It wasn’t natural, not anymore. The edges of the buildings stretched and bent when I wasn’t looking directly at them. The world was glitching, struggling to hold itself together. And I was the reason why.
A sharp buzz in my ear made me flinch. My comm crackled to life, and Kane’s voice exploded through it, raw and furious.
"Are you out of your goddamn mind, Tony?
