Chapter 2 · free to read
He had promised to take the empire apart. His father had not moved from the desk in an hour.
3 A.M. Back in the archive, Ha-eun had found the thing the blueprints tried to hide.
A ward that appeared on no floor plan, no budget, no record. Someone had been paying to keep it running.
Cardiac readout. Steady. Alive. A hand rose from the sheets.
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