Liam
“We found nothing, Alpha,” Jonathan announced.
“Nothing?” I repeated, as if I hadn’t heard him.
“Nothing in the ocean or out of it. But…” he paused for a second, “we searched the container where Lyra and Evelyn were kept first and found something else.”
“What?”
“Some documents that contain useful information. Papers, coded files, markings—all linked to them.” He paused again, eyes narrowing before he added, “The Dark Umbra.”
The moment I heard that godforsaken name, my stomach turned. It didn’t come as a surprise, and yet…
“Why now?” I began to pace the room. “Why the hell are they resurfacing after all these years?”
After that war… after taking Luther from me… why were they returning?
Back then, we fought to stop them from creating a drug that would’ve wiped out the entire w
