When Elias Thorne tears open a portal meant to save humanity, something else steps through.A being of impossible geometry. A presence sculpted from precision and hunger. A voice that speaks in overlapping truths.Nyxalath.She offers Elias everything he’s lost—purpose, certainty, a world without chaos. All she requires is obedience. And the surrender of every human variable that makes choice possible.As the portal stabilizes, the world above begins to fracture. Volunteers vanish into liquid darkness. Reflections move before their owners. Neural scans return too perfect. And deep beneat...