The winds over Blackmist City howled like ancient beasts awakening from slumber. From the topmost tower of the Zhen Consortium’s private estate, Zayn stood in silence, his eyes fixed on the red moon cresting the horizon.
He had felt it—the System tremor—a ripple of energy only he could detect. Something powerful had been unlocked… but it hadn’t come from him.
System Alert: “A Forbidden Evolution has been triggered. Origin: Unknown. Current Tier: Sovereign Threat. Your control rating in this region has decreased by 6%.” Suggested Action: Investigate and Eliminate Threat.”
His fingers clenched. A Sovereign-tier evolution? That meant someone else had discovered a cheat—or worse, a system seed.
He turned to Xira, the crimson-haired hacker queen and newest addition to his team, leaning back
