After years of loving the wrong man, she was betrayed in the cruelest way, abandoned and forgotten by the one she trusted most. In 2024, she walked away from heartbreak, determined never to fall again.

Four years later, in 2028, she’s no longer the fragile woman she once was. A celebrated author, a sharp-minded teacher, and one of the most elusive underground hackers in the cyber realm, she hides behind a calm smile, her secrets buried deep beneath code and firewalls.

But one night in City X shatters her carefully built peace. A book signing, a few too many drinks, a stranger cloaked in charm and danger... and the next morning, a blank memory, fragments of a signature, a hotel room, and a man she can’t forget.

Back in City C, she expects to move on, until a knock on her door changes everything.

“I’m your husband,” he says.

He’s younger, commanding, and far too dangerous to be ordinary. A soldier in a classified military division, one that operates in the shadows of reality, where enhanced beings and forbidden science blur the line between man and monster.

Bound by a marriage contract, they’re pulled into a world of covert missions, genetic experiments, and an ancient organization determined to control the evolution of mankind.

She’s a hacker who steals secrets.

He’s a soldier sworn to protect them.

And when their worlds collide, love becomes both a weapon and a weakness, the only thing powerful enough to save them... or destroy everything they stand for.

Ash whistled lowly. "So this is the heart of it."


I stepped closer, brushing away dirt from the rusted signage. "The origin of Project Tainted Blood."


We entered cautiously, flashlights cutting through the darkness. Inside, the lab was a maze of broken glass, overturned tables, and decayed equipment. But what struck me most was the silence, no animals, no wind, just the occasional flicker of a light bulb that shouldn't have power.


"This place still has energy," Ryo murmured, tapping the wall. "A generator, maybe?"


I opened my wrist terminal and synced it to the frequency. "It's not a normal power source… it's running on something else. Something advanced. There's an active network signal here."


Ash frowned. "That's impossible. We lost all comms in the forest. How can there be a live connection here?"


"I don't know," I admitted. "But I'll find out."


Chapter 33 - Advanced Lab