Kael’s POV

Mira didn’t speak after hearing the message. She just walked. I followed. I always did. But this time, something in her shifted. It was not rage but resolve. She said, “He’s alive. And they hid him from me.”

Lyra caught up. “You never mentioned a brother.” Mira said, “Because I buried him before I knew I had to remember him.” Cyrus plugged in the second drive. Encrypted, deep lock. He said, “This is older than the stasis tech. Pre-bond conditioning era.”

Lyra ...