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BEHIND THE CLOUD

Chapter 25 — Behind the Clouds They dedicated the lab on a clear morning, clouds stacked like ships over the horizon, sunlight lying warm on new-pain…

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Chapter 24 — Aftermath and Choice The next days unfolded in work and consequence. Indictments began: procurement fraud, abuse of office, reckless end…

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Chapter 23 — The Last Storm Nature delivered its coda at dusk: a natural supercell rolling in from the west, the kind old farmers nodded at like an a…

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Chapter 22 — Unmasking By afternoon, the Mayor faced a press conference he couldn’t control. Jax’s partner outlet released contracts linking the Mayo…

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Chapter 21 — Public Proof The first lights online were not streetlamps but voices. Rhea patched the station’s instruments to the emergency radio chan…

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Chapter 20 — The Heist of the Grid They assembled in the shadow of the substation: Amara with her map, Kelechi with his crew, Rhea on the municipal f…

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Chapter 19 —  The Spark of Agency The storm had quieted to a restless murmur when Amara noticed the misalignment that changed everything. Her mother…

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Chapter 18 — All Seems Lost Retaliation peaks. The syndicate frames her for sabotage after the market flood; Jax’s channel gets forcibly shut down, r…

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Chapter 17 — Dark Discovery Dissecting the kill-switch protocol, Amara discovers that the entire tech grid is chained to municipal power and telco to…

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Chapter 16 — Second Pinch—Cost Becomes Personal That night, Kelechi calls from a trembling voice. “They want me to drive another load. Into school zo…

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Chapter 15 — Fracture with Rhea Under escalating pressure, trust cracks. Amara, desperate for more proof, accuses Rhea of complicity in signing off o…

Chapter 14 — Retaliation In the next forty-eight hours, retaliation hits. Amara’s personal info leaks online; anonymous messages escalate from words …

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Chapter 13 — Midpoint—the Point of No Return Amara’s findings, coupled with Rhea’s evidence and Jax’s reporting, finally break into public view. T…

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Chapter 11 — The Reveal Behind the Reveal She and Rhea holed up in the weather station, poring over the encrypted archive Rhea handed her. It was cle…

Chapter 10 — First Pinch—Teeth of the Antagonist The next morning brought escalation. The Mayor’s office froze public records, citing “security conce…

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Chapter 8 — Trials and Tests The next days blurred into a pattern: stakeouts, sensor checks, and attempts to intercept drone flights. Amara and Jax s…

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Chapter 7 — Allies and Masks The morning after the storm, the town was raw and aching. Streets shimmered, swollen with silt and broken branches. Pe…

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Chapter 6 — The Hook—Inciting Incident At 3:47 AM, Amara's phone screamed. She jolted awake, muscle memory from years of emergency alerts draggin…

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Chapter 5 — Refusal in Disguise The contract was specific: assess, report, recommend. Three weeks of clean, contained work with clear parameters an…

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Chapter 4 — Call to Inquiry The old bridge had been gone for eighteen months, leaving only the stone footings and a ghost of its span across the wate…