Chapter 28
The safe house was quiet now, too quiet. The hum of monitors and occasional flicker of fluorescent lights were the only sounds. I flexed my fingers inside the gloves, still feeling the residual thrill from last night’s encounter. Athanasius sat across from me, dark eyes scanning encrypted files we had barely begun to decipher. He hadn’t spoken much since the fight, but I could feel his tension, the subtle pull of desire he tried hard to suppress.
“Morana,” he said finally, his voice low, almost hesitant. “These files… Hydra is moving faster than we thought. Their reach… it’s more extensive than we realized.”
I nodded, leaning over the holographic projection. “I saw that. They’re preparing something bigger, more coordinated. And the new intruder… he wasn’t alone. Someone else
