Chapter 23 — The Choice Genesis Couldn't Predict
CHOOSE, VICTORIA.
The words burned across the screen.
Victoria stared at them.
Her fingers hovered above the keyboard.
Behind her, gunfire echoed through the chamber.
“Victoria!”
Sebastian.
She turned.
He was fighting three men at once.
One attacker lunged.
Sebastian ducked, drove his elbow into the man's chest, and sent him crashing against the wall.
Another raised a gun.
Victoria's heart stopped.
“Sebastian!”
He spun.
The shot missed his head by inches.
Sebastian fired back.
The man dropped.
Sebastian looked at her.
“Are you hurt?”
Victoria shook her head.
But she couldn't speak.
She looked back at the terminal.
SHUTDOWN GENESIS?
YES.
NO.
A third option suddenly appeared.
MANUAL OVERRIDE.
Victoria's eyes narrow
