Chapter 27 The Price Of Mercy

• Mercy always costs more than vengeance.
• Eron hit the floor before Peaceborn finished the first sentence of his speech. No gunfire. No explosion. Just a sudden, full-system collapse. Neural override complete. Transfer confirmed. His body arched. Seized. Muscles locked. Eyes unfocused.
• And Layla Hamilton dropped to her knees beside him, screaming his name as her hands scrambled across the back of his skull to check for the heat spike that would signal full brainstem failure.