“Subject Thirteen wasn’t only a survivor.”
No.
Every instinct in my body screams immediately.
Gabriel’s grip tightens violently around the woman’s throat.
“What did you do to her?”
The doctor keeps staring directly at Hannah.
“She was being prepared.”
The room goes dead silent except for gunfire.
Prepared for what?
Hannah’s face goes pale.
“No…”
The doctor’s smile returns slowly.
“Director Wu believed Hannah Bowers would eventually become the future of Sentinel.”
Everything stops.
Emotionally.
Mentally.
Even the gunfire suddenly feels far away.
Because Hannah looks completely shattered.
Like the ground beneath her entire identity just collapsed.
The little girl still clinging to her hoodie starts crying harder.
And somewhere deeper in the tunnels…a heavy metal blast door suddenly begins closing.
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Hannah
“No.”
The word tears out of me before I can stop it.
The nursery blurs around the edges.
Children crying.
Gunfire.
Sirens.
None of it feels real anymore.
