Chapter 143 A Test

• Rina's POV
• The heavy doors sealed behind me with a mechanical hiss that echoed like a final judgment. It felt like they weren’t just closing off the hallway—I felt the weight of the world I used to know vanishing behind them. What remained was cold. Stark. Mechanical. The sterile scent of ozone and steel hung in the air, and every hum of power lines overhead felt like a whisper of buried truths.
• Cain walked ahead of me, his stride crisp and uncompromising. He didn’t speak. Didn’t turn to check on me, but I knew he was aware of every step I took. Every breath I drew. It was in his nature—always watching, always calculating.