Chapter 42 When Control Slips
The countdown hit zero.
Every screen in the room went black at once.
Not a flicker.
Not a fade.
Black.
The hum of the building stuttered, dipped, then surged violently. Lights overhead flared bright enough to sting Mila’s eyes before dropping into a dim red emergency glow that painted the walls ...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 The Stranger Who Knew Her
2. Chapter 2 The Weight of the Choice
3. Chapter 3 The Signature
4. Chapter 4 Settling Into the Mansion
5. Chapter 5 The First Test
6. Chapter 6 What Was Sent
7. Chapter 7 Lines That Don’t Move
8. Chapter 8 The Cost of Being Seen
9. Chapter 9 Under Glass
10. Chapter 10 Close Enough to Burn
11. Chapter 11 Shadows in the Hall
12. Chapter 12 A Whisper in the Dark
13. Chapter 13 Shadows and Secrets
14. Chapter 14 When the House Holds Its Breath
15. Chapter 15 Lines That Cannot Be Erased
16. Chapter 16 Fingerprints on Everything
17. Chapter 17 The Game Moves Closer
18. Chapter 18 The Shadow at the Gate
19. Chapter 19 Into the Dark
20. Chapter 20 When the Door Finally Opened
21. Chapter 21 Pack Lightly
22. Chapter 22 The Route They Didn’t Expect
23. Chapter 23 The First Move
24. Chapter 24 Into the Shadows
25. Chapter 25 The Drop
26. Chapter 26 Fractured Heights
27. Chapter 27 The One Who Knows
28. Chapter 28 Collision Course
29. Chapter 29 The Choice That Burns
30. Chapter 30 After the Switch
31. Chapter 31 Where the World Holds Its Breath
32. Chapter 32 Shadows at the Threshold
33. Chapter 33 The Step That Changed Everything
34. Chapter 34 Into the Darkness
35. Chapter 35 The Leap of Shadows
36. Chapter 36 No Way Out
37. Chapter 37 Above the Line of Fire
38. Chapter 38 When Silence Breaks
39. Chapter 39 The Place That Never Let Go
40. Chapter 40 The First Test
41. Chapter 41 The Moment He Looks Up
42. Chapter 42 When Control Slips
43. Chapter 43 The Ghost Who Never Left
44. Chapter 44 The Choice in the Smoke
45. Chapter 45 The Space Between Escape and Capture
46. Chapter 46 The Fall That Changed Everything
47. Chapter 47 The Weight of a Hand
48. Chapter 48 When the Ground Turns Against You
49. Chapter 49 When the Sky Closes In
50. Chapter 50 The Girl in the Screen
51. Chapter 51 Mirrors in the Storm
52. Chapter 52 Collision Course
53. Chapter 53 Three Shadows
54. Chapter 54 The One Who Falls
55. Chapter 55 The Space She Left
56. Chapter 56 The Depth Below
57. Chapter 57 Breaking the Pattern
58. Chapter 58 The Standard
59. Chapter 59 Dual Standard
60. Chapter 60 The Source
61. Chapter 61 The Selection
62. Chapter 62 The Living Core
63. Chapter 63 The Signal
64. Chapter 64 Descent Protocol
65. Chapter 65 Impact Vector
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