Chapter 65: Into the Unknown

The room was filled with an eerie silence as Jess’s revelation about Project Eclipse hung in the air. Ava stood at the head of the table, her eyes fixed on the blueprints and data they had gathered from Meridian’s files, but her mind was racing with possibilities—none of them good. Eclipse wasn’t just another plan to disrupt infrastructure. It was a coordinated effort to seize global control; if Meridian succeeded, they would plunge the world into chaos and reemerge as its rulers. The stakes had never been higher, and the team knew it. Lucas sat across from Ava, his face pale but set with grim determination. His hands rested on the table, his fingers tapping lightly against the wood. He hadn’t spoken much since Jess dropped the bombshell about Eclipse, but Ava could see the fire in his eyes. Whatever personal struggles he had been battling with his father’s death were now being channeled into something sharper—something dangerous. “We need to know everything about Project Eclipse,”