The Blood Clock's Toll: A Boston Watchmaker's Deadly Survival War Against His Own Brother
👉 Previous Decision: Maya revealed Silas murdered your father to steal and weaponize the blood clock.
An encrypted radio crackled in the van. It was Harlan Cross, his voice hushed and urgent.
“Julian,” he rasped, “Silas has moved his base of operations. The Custom House Clock Tower. On the waterfront.”
My eyes widened. The Custom House, a towering landmark of granite and copper, capped with its iconic clock.
“The tower’s massive mechanical clockwork,” Harlan continued, “it provides the electromagnetic field Silas needs. To transmit the watch’s neural data. To his server.”
He paused. “There’s a hidden access point in the lower foundation. My uncle, your old friend Kincaid’s uncle, actually, restored the clock mechanisms back in ’84. Showed me a few tricks.”
A hidden connection. Kincaid’s family, the clock tower. The pieces were falling into place.
Maya, listening intently, held up a small, leaden cylinder. “I’ve made a dummy,” she said, her voice confident. “A replica of the acoustic cylinder, filled with synthetic fluid. If we can get close enough, we can swap it. Trick his mechanism.”
“And if he doesn’t absorb anything meaningful, the feedback loop could reverse on him,” I murmured, a dangerous idea taking root.
But a cold knot formed in my gut. Taking Maya into a lethal trap, into the heart of Silas’s lair. The thought was unbearable.
“No,” I said, my voice firm. “You stay behind. This is my fight.”
Maya shook her head, her gaze unwavering. “Dad, this is our fight. I’m not letting you go in there alone. My skills are essential.”
Her courage, impulsive as it was, was also my greatest strength. But the danger was immense. Silas would be armed, desperate.
I looked at the Custom House Clock Tower, its familiar face now a dark, imposing silhouette against the stormy Boston sky. The gears of fate were turning.
Choose your next action
Force Maya to stay behind in hiding and confront Silas alone inside the tower. — Read CHAPTER 12 to continue
Allow Maya to execute her decoy swap plan while Julian draws Silas’s direct fire. — Read CHAPTER 11 to continue
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