The underground bunker trembled.
Dust fell from the ceiling. Lights flickered.
Yanyu tightened her grip on the pulse-gun. Zayn, standing beside her, activated a protective barrier made of hardlight code. The quiet hum of the Grid filled the air.
“They’re here,” Eris said grimly, her holographic form stuttering slightly.
Zayn glanced at her. “You’re glitching.”
“I’m aware,” Eris replied. “They’re jamming my signal from multiple nodes. I can only hold stable in this room.”
Then the walls cracked.
And from the breach stepped a figure straight from a nightmare.
Tall. Inhuman. Faceless. Her limbs too long, her joints too sharp. Silver arms extended into blades that shimmered like liquid glass. Her feet never touched the ground. She hovered—drifting like a wraith.
The Revenant.
Designa
