🔁 Recap – Chapter 47: A Voice in the Dark
The safehouse was compromised.
After hearing a chilling voice from the woods — a voice Elena recognized as Leonid, Grayson's infamous "ghost" fixer — the group realized they were no longer hidden. Kael quickly led Aaron, Milo, and Elena through a dangerous, trap-filled escape route to an old fire tower she had built years ago.
Tensions ran high after Milo narrowly avoided a landmine and Elena discovered a faded photograph of her mother hidden at the site — a taunting clue that Grayson had been there recently.
In the tower, Kael retrieved a hidden field radio, but their attempt to contact allies was hijacked by a sinister broadcast:
"Drop the USB outside the cabin. You have until sunrise. Or we start taking people."
Rather than give in, Kael proposed a deception — handing over a decoy USB while hiding the real one with Elena. "They won't expect you to be dangerous," Kael told her.
