Chapter 31 - THE FINAL HORIZON
Maya’s blood ran cold as she stared at the screen, her breath catching violently in her chest. She looked up frantically from her phone, her eyes scanning the high glass walkways of the atrium where shadow figures moved silently amidst the darkness.
Officer Wright noticed her sudden change in posture and immediately began moving toward her through the crowd, his hand reaching inside his jacket.
"Maya! What's wrong?" Wright asked anxiously, stepping between her and the glass windows.
Before Maya could answer, the crystal chandeliers overhead flickered violently, and every light in the towering skyscraper simultaneously plunged into pitch black darkness.
Women screamed in the dark as panic rippled through the hundreds of attendees gathered in the atrium. Emergency backup lights hummed, casting eerie red shadows across the grand marble pillar and the framed American flag.
Maya felt a firm, cold hand grab her wrist from behind, pulling her forcefully into the dark service corridor behind the stage.
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She opened her mouth to scream, but a deep, familiar voice whispered directly into her ear, sending a wave of terrifying shock through her soul.
"Don't make a sound, sister... or our father's legacy dies tonight."
