Chapter 104: The Hybrid Network
The Council prison break was meant to be impossible. But when Death himself walks through your walls, impossible becomes easy.
Darius crouched behind a pile of rubble, watching the old fortress burn. Council guards ran everywhere, screaming about shadows that ate light and crystals that sang dangerous songs.
"The distraction is working," Luna whispered, her blood magic crackling around her fingers.
"But we need to move fast." Through the chaos, Sera led them down passageways that twisted like living things.
Her Council access codes opened doors that shouldn't exist, showing cells that held nightmares. "She's in the deepest level," Sera said quickly. "Where they keep the prisoners too dangerous to kill."
The elevator dropped for what felt like forever. When it finally stopped, the air itself felt different. Heavier. Poisoned with hopelessness. "I can smell her," Darius said sadly.
