Ethan' s voice, a voice thick w

life, not

ish to spend with Serena,

soul. Now, it was just a stage for a play I' d already seen. Ethan pulled my sister, Serena, i

fit to be my l

mory of what came before was sharp and cold. The memory of creating two beautiful, perfect AI twins

nius. She was just too devoted, that's why she used the virus. If you hadn'

t to save himself, and then destroyed them for a lie. He didn't know that Serena' s so-called "Symbiotic Core" was nev

his delusion. Serena, faking surprise, nestled a

n, shot through my core. I felt the micro-drones in my sleeve hum, re

n't have to lift a finger. This time

as. They had seen the reports. They knew my analyt

ssion, spoke up. "Ethan, are you so quick to decide? Pe

led with a familiar disgust. It was the same

d. "She is manipulative and malicious. S

"Only Serena has a profound c

to everyone in the room. "I desire only Se

, he wanted a lead developer who could secure OmniCorp's dominanc

a shy girl overwhelmed by a grand declaration of love

"Ava, this time, don't you dare try

r. Thorne. I'll be packing my things and leaving the project

hasis on "long

on crossed Ethan' s

ena away, his hand pr

coughing violently. A stream of black, corrupted c

chairman shot to his feet,

m. "Chairman, I'm fine. Just a little overexer

it. He frowned, his eyes da

system diagnostics," he said, his voice s

ut in before I coul

ostics are imprecise.

e stepped forward and gently placed her hand on Ethan's wris

sted into a

meone has infected Mr. Thor