Chapter 87 Aaron
Aaron
Location: Kade’s Office
Time: Same
He looks…
ordinary.
No aura.
No presence.
No visible weight of what he’s done.
That’s always how it is.
Men like him don’t look like monsters.
They look like answers.
I close the door behind me.
Soft click.
Final.
“You’re very hard to reach,” I say.
My voice is calm.
Level.
Controlled.
“So I came to you.”
He studies me.
Not afraid.
Not yet.
Analyzing.
“You’re the variable,” he says. “The irrational constant.”
I tilt my head slightly.
Almost amused.
“And you’re just a man who thought he was a god.”
That lands.
Small.
But real.
His eyes flick—not to me—
to the screens.
Always the system.
Always the control.
“She’s brilliant,” he says. “Your Lark.”
There’s something in the way he says her name.
Possession.
Curiosity.
Challenge.
“But she’s emotional,” he continues. “That’s why she’ll lose.”
I take one step closer.
Not threatening.
Certain.
“No,” I say.
Quiet.
Final.
“That’s why you did.”
He frowns.
Just enough.
Just human enough.
And then—
The screens behind him begin to change.
Not glitch.
Not fail.
Reveal.
Data shifting.
Layers peeling back.
Hidden pathways lighting up like veins under skin.
He turns.
Slowly.
And for the first time—
He doesn’t understand what he’s seeing.