A holographic progress bar flickered to life:
Dorne helped her to her feet, shaking his head. “You’re insane.” axon evidence sync download
The lab went dark. Then quiet. Then Mira opened her eyes. A holographic progress bar flickered to life: Dorne
And for the first time in years, justice had a fighting chance. Then Mira opened her eyes
– Her partner, Officer Dorne, shouted from the door. “Mira, pull out! The memetic agent is crossing your blood-brain barrier!”
– The download felt like ice water poured down her spine. Flashes of Croft’s memory bled into her peripheral vision: a rainy alley, a woman’s scream, a knife that wasn’t his. She clenched her jaw, keeping her own consciousness walled off. Don’t merge. Just mirror.
In the sterile, humming heart of the NeuroForensics lab, Detective Mira Vance watched the clock on her retinal display tick toward zero. She had ninety seconds.