The Penthouse door likely uses a bio-frequency scanner: we can't disrupt its reading with Dahlia's false alarm." I ran a final security check on my foster daughter. Every stitch, every piece of Kevlar, every bandage I applied was a code for my protection. "You have to be silent. We're getting out and going to a proper doctor, darling. Nobody is going to touch your little heart again," I whispered against her forehead. My tears mixed with her sweat on Dahlia's thin hair.
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The escape from Helios Tower felt far more intense. I ran along the roof's edge, carrying that fragile burden, leaping over narrow pipeways. The dawn light blanketed Oasis, revealing the remaining greed. The chaos was behind us, but a thick tension lay ahead: Cypher's Office. We descended via Helios Tower's fire escap
