Infernal Restraints--safe House - 2 Part 1 Hazel Hypnotic --39-link--39-

“They’re coming,” muttered , her engineer, voice tinny through a crackling comm. A former Order prodigy, Kiran’s face was a mask of guilt as he worked to decrypt the 39-LINK. “The restraints are emitting a counterpulse. We’ve got 58 minutes before the dome’s wards fail.”

Hazel pressed her ear to the observatory’s steel door. Outside, the wind hissed like a thing alive with hunger, carrying the thud of booted footsteps. She closed her eyes, recalling the day Magnus had offered her a choice: join him in reshaping humanity through hypnosis, or die as a rogue asset. “They’re coming,” muttered , her engineer, voice tinny

“Run back to Magnus. Tell him I’m waiting in the storm. Let him come alone.” “They’re coming,” muttered , her engineer, voice tinny