Will, Maddie, and Allison gathered around the flickering blue hologram projecting from Elias's cybernetic eye.
"I was looking for structural blueprints of the bunker," Elias said, his voice tight. "But I tripped over a fragmented corporate dispatch. It's a 'Rogue Talent' bounty list. High-priority targets actively operating on the surface."
Staring back at Will from the glowing screen, marked with active, six-figure corporate bounties, were two names.
Zeraya. Lariya.
"They live, boy," Genghis Khan whispered through the Sovereign's Network, a fierce, protective pride swelling in the ancient conqueror's voice. "Your sacrifice in the Tutorial was not in vain. The wolves survived the winter."
Will reached out, his hand hovering over the flickering letters of their names. They were alive. They were out there right now, surviving on the surface, actively fighting the megacorporations.
