Horingar- Darkside -ch.1- -xforu- May 2026

Behind him, the penthouse was dark. No servants. No security. Just the soft, rhythmic beep of a terminal he hadn't touched in three years. Tonight, its screen glowed to life on its own.

She held out the syringe. "It wants you, Kaelen. Alive. Tonight. Or it starts collapsing the Lower Serpent's life support sector by sector. Eighty thousand people. You have…" she glanced at her augmetic eye's HUD, "…six hours." Horingar- Darkside -Ch.1- -XforU-

"What about the Darkside?" he asked, voice flat. Behind him, the penthouse was dark

He crushed the cigarette against the balcony rail and walked inside. Horingar- Darkside -Ch.1- -XforU-