Chapter 96

Viona's POV

The backdoor sealed behind us with a muted hiss, cutting off the last trace of the forest.

I stilled.

The air here was colder, sterilized, humming faintly with electricity. Fluorescent lights glared above, but I knew better than to rely on shadows alone. My eyes darted upward, cataloging the rows of cameras fixed along the ceiling, their black lenses unblinking, their red dots alive.

One wrong step and the entire building would collapse on us like a fist.

I motioned ...