Chapter 38 Escape Plan

• The lights dimmed as Adrien Voss stepped into the circular chamber, his silhouette cutting a sharp figure beneath the halo glow. The device in his hand blinked slowly, a red pulse like a heartbeat.
• “You shouldn’t be here,” he said casually, as though addressing uninvited guests at a dinner party. “Stage Zero wasn’t meant for second acts.”
• Dorian moved in front of Isolde with practiced calm. “Then you should’ve left the stage when the curtain fell.”