Chapter 681

• Chapter Six Hundred and Eighty One
• The rain had been falling for hours over Lusaka Nation—thin, cold, persistent, like a whispering omen scraping across the city’s metallic rooftops. Inside Central Command Headquarters, the lights flickered once and steadied, illuminating the sleek war-room with its polished steel walls and blue-tinted screens blinking with encrypted data.
• Beside him was Cassie, her long black hair cascading down her shoulders, her sharp eyes observing every detail in the room with the poise of someone who had lived too close to danger for too long.