The violet hum of the pylons grew deafening, vibrating in the marrow of Felicity's bones. She flinched as Victor's boots slammed into the cracked pavement of the town square. The impact sent a shockwave through the ivy, stripping the colonial facades bare. Cold, metallic tech glared beneath the greenery—heavy-duty, black-market military gear, hoarded by the old-world syndicates and the Australian underworld, long before everything rotted out eleven months ago.
