Chapter 274 Emotional Tension

• POV: Luna
• Echo's revelation hung in the air like poison. Cole wasn't corrupted. He was the corruptor. Everything we'd believed about architect conspiracy was backwards. Everything we'd fought against was orchestrated by student we'd trusted. Everything was lie built on manipulation spanning years.
• "You're saying Cole planned all of this?" I asked. Voice barely steady. "From the beginning? Before Miguel died? Before any of us understood what we were facing?"