The King’s inspectors would arrive at dawn to collect the final design.
"Fri," he said. "You found me."
"What are you doing?" the ghost asked.
"Matrix," Friya said, her voice steady. "Run protocol Dawnhold. Authorization: FRI-7." dawnhold Gemvision Matrix 9 fri
Her blood went cold. Only one artificer ever used that mark. Kaelen, who had disappeared thirty years ago, the same year the Matrix 9 was completed. He had been her teacher. He had also been accused of treason—of hiding a message inside the machine's logic. The King’s inspectors would arrive at dawn to
