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129 : Eve’s Silence
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2025-04-18 10:15:15The road to the lab was not marked on any map.
It wove through the highlands of Eastern Europe, hidden beneath moss-covered paths and forgotten coordinates—buried deep in the wilderness like a secret no one dared to speak aloud.
Damien stood on the edge of the ridge, his breath clouding in the morning air. Below, partially obscured by a wall of evergreens, was the bunker Eve had vanished into years ago.
The entrance was cracked open—metal warped from time and weather, but not time alone.
Something else had been here.
“They’ve already found it,” Aurora said quietly, stepping beside him. Her voice barely carried through the damp hush of the forest.
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