Chapter 9: Ch 9: Escape the Auction- Part 1
Nova and Anna slipped into the narrow service corridor, the faint hum of machinery echoing around them. As predicted, the path had been smooth—uncannily so.
No alarms. No patrols. No activated cameras.
Anna glanced sideways at him, still catching her breath.
"I can’t believe that worked."
Nova didn’t respond, but the faint glow of residual Aether flickered across his fingertips. He had disabled every surveillance system they passed, cloaking their movement in seamless shadows.
When they’d run into the occasional guard, Nova had taken each one out before they’d even registered a threat. Quick. Silent. Precise.
Anna had watched it all with a mix of awe and disbelief.
"If you’d been on our side during the war, we probably wouldn’t have lost our territory. Or anything else, for that matter."
She murmured.
Nova kept walking, his steps quiet.
"Save your gratitude. You’ll have plenty of chances to repay it."