Wu says nothing.
Which is answer enough.
Dear God.
How many children?
How many bunkers?
How many monsters wearing government uniforms funded this nightmare?
Wu watches realization hit me.
“That fear you feel now?”
His voice lowers softly.
“That’s clarity.”
No.
It isn’t fear anymore.
Not now.
I look directly into the eyes of the man who stole childhoods and called it progress. An evil murderer of children, because they wouldn’t follow him fast enough.
And suddenly—
I stop being afraid of him.
Completely.
“You know what your problem is?” I whisper.
Wu studies me curiously.
“You spent your whole life studying human behavior…”
I step closer.
“…and still never understood love.”
Something dangerous flickers across his face.
Because for the first time—
I think I finally hit something human inside him.
Behind me—
sirens suddenly change tone.
Gabriel’s muffled voice shouts through the blast door:
“HANNAH THE CORE IS BREACHING!”
Wu smiles faintly.
