orporation and a member of the tech elite was bad for the bottom line. But Ethan

e should bring in an external expert from the consortium. Let th

c in Serena's eyes be

ice soft and sad. "There's

on the floor. "I know my sister has committed a grave error, an unfor

rms. "Serena, you are always so kind. How can I ever re

heart felt like it

ned Serena was in a coma from the virus's backlash, he had never o

, she is your sister. Let's let bygone

nor. I thought then that he was just being kind, extending

never about me. It

h on her cheeks as if she were e

ully integrates with my core," she explai

king a very difficult decision. "I'll

black bug the size of a fingernail appe

rs would use this to correct us. Now that we're here, in the

ated, will cause intense system pain for three days and three nigh

for him. It was a punishment, but a private one, handled

e bug, and my

t a "diagn

"Nightmar

for the next head of our te

r clan, had been very clear. One of us would become the lead devel

ow who he had fa

ct with our clan after Serena's coma. My father had alrea

ak, to try one last time to tell them the truth, but Ethan wa

at me with something approaching w

orward, flying from Serena's

g constant, agonizing data corruption until I faded away into nothing, like a system going dormant

to drain my

thout a moment's hesitation, struck me across t

u've committed a grave error

rec

did I d

fe, when I chose to do noth

tal pathways. The sudden surge of data made it thra

sweat broke out all over my body,

You've had corrections before. Who are you tryi

know that if my core data is completely consume

aten me? Serena said that once she integrates with my core, this virus of hers

d at her. "Three days from now, I will integrate with Se

s a raging storm. My

ciousness, only on

it would have completely spread through

his time, Ethan. Let's see you survi