Echoes In The Shadows

Chapter 9: Ghosts of the Past

The coordinates left by Marcus led Alex and Anna to an abandoned observatory on the outskirts of the city. The air was heavy with silence, and the building loomed over them, its weathered structure barely standing.

“This is it?” she asked, breaking the quiet as they approached the entrance.

Alex nodded. “If Marcus was right, Dr. Evelyn Gray will be here.”

The name alone carried weight. Dr. Gray was a legend in the tech world—a pioneer who had vanished from the public eye years ago. According to Marcus, she was the mind behind Project Echo.

Inside, the observatory felt like a time capsule, its walls lined with chalkboards covered in equations and diagrams. Papers littered the floor, and a faint hum of machinery echoed from deeper within.

“Stay close,” Alex murmured, his hand resting on the weapon at his side.

As they ventured further, they found her. Dr. Gray was a frail woman with sharp eyes that seemed to pierce through them.

“You’ve come to destroy what I created,” she said, her voi