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CHAPTER 658
Watching the woman in front of him, a frown creased Tedmond’s face.She was smirking at him, her eyes dark with mischief.Tedmond’s jaw tightened. The disappointment settled like a cold weight in his stomach, but the woman’s trivialization of his presence sparked a sharp, smoldering annoyance. He hadn’t fought through a magnetic kill zone and a liquid-nitrogen storm just to be lectured by a high-society prisoner about his motives.“I’m not here for entertainment,” Tedmond said, his voice dropping into a dangerous, low vibration. “And I certainly didn’t come here for you.”Lottie stepped forward, her amethyst eyes flicking between the woman and the sapphire cables.“She’s not the Anchor, Tedmond. She’s the Pulse. She monitors external communications.”“Is that what I am today?” the woman laughed, a dry, melodic sound. “How quaint. You’re looking for the Washington woman, aren’t you? The one who actually matters.”She tapped a polished fingernail against the glass.“You’re about three
CHAPTER 657
Tedmond’s expression didn’t change, and her brows furrowed in confusion.“Don’t tell me you’re going to do it?”He peered at her.“That’ll freeze everything,” she repeated.“Exactly. Magnets lose their cohesion when the temperature drops below critical,” Tedmond replied.He reached up, fingers steady as he unbuckled the heavy, steel-plated vest and let it drop.The vest hit the floor, instantly sucked down by the magnets.Clang.Without the extra weight, Tedmond had a split second of mobility.“Now!”Lottie didn’t hesitate.She drew her sidearm and fired a single, precise shot into the silver-colored pipe running along the ceiling.A hiss of white, bone-chilling mist erupted, cascading down like a frozen waterfall.The marble floor cracked instantly under the thermal shock.The hum of the magnets warped into a high-pitched, dying whine as the intense cold disrupted the electrical flow.Tedmond felt the grip on his boots loosen.He didn’t run for the exit. He lunged toward the control
CHAPTER 656
Tedmond’s hand dropped from the glass as if burned.He stepped back, gaze falling to the floor as the weight of the deception crushed him."It’s a decoy," he said, voice hollow and dangerous."What?" Lottie sprinted over, amethyst eyes wide. "No… the life-signs… the golden dot… it was pinned here!""She’s wearing a biometric transmitter," Tedmond noted, analytical mind snapping into place even as his chest ached.He looked up, blue eyes cold and sharp behind the silver slits."The Warden knew someone would come. He didn’t just hide her… he turned her into a ghost. This isn’t the Anchor. This is the bait."The woman in the cell tapped on the glass, her green eyes dancing with malice. She pointed toward the ceiling, then toward the far end of the ward where a secondary set of red-lit doors began to groan."Lottie," Tedmond said, his hand moving to the hilt of his sword, his stance widening. "The map was a lie. This isn't going to be as easy as a two-hundred-yard walk.""The logs... Alb
CHAPTER 655
Tedmond sat up, his silver mask slightly askew.He was perched atop a ten-foot-high pile of white silk napkins, discarded gala sashes, and several dozen velvet chair covers."See?" Lottie’s voice came from his left.She was already standing, effortlessly flicking a stray thread from her shoulder."Soft landing. No sentries. And look—your shiny toy is still right where you left it."Tedmond ignored the jab, standing and brushing off his coat with sharp, aggressive strokes."We’re in a trash heap, Lottie.""No," she said, her voice dropping to a whisper as she pointed toward a set of heavy, frosted glass doors beyond the laundry bins."We’re in the back door of the 'Silent Ward.' And if the logs I stole are right, your mother is exactly two hundred yards through that door."Tedmond’s eyes narrowed. “Are you sure she’ll be there?”Lottie didn’t flinch. She pulled a miniature holographic projector from a hidden seam in her tactical vest, and a shimmering blueprint of the sub-levels humme
CHAPTER 654
Tedmond’s brows twitched further.The way she eyed his ring put him instantly on edge. His free hand came up on instinct, curling around his left fingers to shield the band as if she were a pickpocket in a crowded bazaar rather than a deep-cover operative.“You’re not going to steal it, are you?” he asked, his voice dropping into a protective, almost accusatory rumble.Lottie froze.She stared at his hand. Then at the silver mask. Her mouth fell open in pure, unfiltered disbelief.“Steal it?” she repeated, her pitch climbing. “I just bypassed a Level Five biometric lock, stood down a tactical squad, and got called a broken toy by a man in a skull mask—and you think I’m angling for your jewelry?”“You were looking at it,” Tedmond said stubbornly, shifting to keep the ring out of her line of sight. “And you said you liked it. In my experience, people only say that right before they take things.”Lottie threw her hands into the air, her hard reddish-brown ponytail whipping behind her.
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Tedmond peered at her. When she had pressed that gun against his head, she hadn’t looked anything like an ally, and even if she was one, how could she possibly claim it now?Still… they hadn’t mentioned Albert. There was no reason she should even know that name.And suddenly, it clicked.That was how she’d known who he was the moment the mask came off. He hadn’t questioned it before, but now it seemed painfully obvious. Too obvious.“I’m his mole inside the Gilded Cage,” Lottie hissed, her eyes flicking toward the balcony where the Warden stood.“Why do you think the security logs were so easy to manipulate? Why do you think I was alone in the Conservatory when you arrived? I was clearing the path so you wouldn’t have to fight fifty men.”“She’s lying! She has to be lying!” Hugo whimpered, but no one looked at him.“Check the tablet,” Lottie snapped, pointing at the device clenched in Tedmond’s hand. “Enter the code: 7-Alpha-9-Lottie. It’s the backdoor Albert built into the transpo
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