Chapter 29: The Fall of the Tower
The final assault wasn't waged with bullets—it was waged with code.
Declan and a team of digital insurgents launched a cyberattack on Livia's central database, exposing classified research files, location logs, and corporate transactions. The world now saw the full extent of the human experimentation.
But Livia had one last move.
She activated a protocol that would wipe the evidence and unleash a deadly biochemical agent—one last card to silence everything.
Elara and Killian infiltrated the tower housing the control hub.
"I don't want to lose you," Killian said as they climbed the final stairwell, breath ragged.
"You won't," Elara whispered. "Not today."
They reached the control room just as Livia arrived—unarmed, but deadly as ever.
"You'd destroy the world just to erase your legacy," Elara said, stepping forward.
"I'd destroy it to build one where people like me don't have to hide," Livia snapped.
A standoff. Three lives. One decision.
Elara lunged for the console, Killian covered her, and in a final act of defiance, Elara reprogrammed the sequence—overriding the release and saving thousands.
Livia fled.
The tower burned.
But The Vow survived.
Outside, protestors gathered. Flags rose. News drones swarmed. And for the first time, Elara stepped into the open not as a weapon, but as a symbol.
She had taken down the tower.
Now, she was ready to build something better.