Sia burst into bitter sobs again, pounding the ground with her fist. "They died! They all died because of me! I couldn't heal them! I couldn't protect them!"
Sia's words fell like nuclear bombs on Eva's mind.
Damian… died? The rock they leaned on? The unbreakable shield? Burned alive? And Aiden was dissected?
Alpha Squad… destroyed. Annihilated. Nothing remained but fragments and memories.
And as grief strangled their breaths in this cursed basement…
Footsteps were heard. Slow, rhythmic, heavy footsteps, approaching from within the shadows.
Kyle, Eva, and Sia raised their heads.
From between the shattered pillars of the laboratory, "Valisera" appeared.
But she… was not the elegant silver Ascendant they knew.
The sight was pitiful and horrifying at the same time.
Valisera walked, staggering like a corpse animated by black magic.
Her white coat was completely destroyed, her clothes reduced to blood-soaked rags.
But the true horror was her body.
