#Chapter 210: The Dawn Inside Her

We had brought the worst cases here first, the ones who hadn’t responded to Simon’s field serum, children who froze mid-sentence, mid-step, mid-breath. After the last round nearly broke me, we were supposed to stop. I had collapsed in Richard’s arms, body unresponsive, field overextended, and barely managed to recover. But Simon said this group was different. He believed I could stabilize them without another shutdown. This was a new attempt, a different strain of resonance, and the only cluster we hadn’t yet reached. I didn’t argue, I just followed him into the new chamber. The children were half-stabilized as I stepped inside, their bodies twitching in irregular intervals like the signal had released them only halfway. It wasn’t a full collapse, but it felt dangerously close, like something was lurking just below the surface and ready to take hold. If we waited even a few more minutes, I was certain it would spread, first seizing their vocal cords, then their lungs, then their