> [Alert: Bunker Perimeter Breached]

[Defensive Protocol: Fragment Wall Online]

[Sentry Souls Engaged – Status: Overheat Imminent]

Sirens wailed but they weren’t sound. They were code alarms, screeching through Kael’s skull like glass dragged across his thoughts.

“Shields dropping fast!” someone screamed.

“Patch the logic wall—NOW!”

“Too late—THEY’RE COMING!”

Kael sprinted to the front hall with Zari and Riven. The air shimmered, then tore, a gash in space opening ...