His gaze fell on the nexus points Leo had highlighted, the historical moments where the Syndicate had exerted its influence. The scale of it was immense, overwhelming. His initial goal of corporate reform, of personal vengeance, felt like a child’s game compared to this. He wasn’t just fighting for his family’s legacy anymore; he was fighting for the integrity of human history, for the very concept of free will against an enemy that had been manipulating it for millennia.
“The Guardians,” Zayn mused, the name a chilling reminder of the cosmic forces at play. “If the Syndicate has been manipulating time, then the Guardians’ directive to ‘correct’ deviations would be triggered by their actions, wouldn’t it? Perhaps they see the Syndicate as the ultimate stabilizing force, or perhaps they ar
