Midnight Circuits
Chapter 1: Neon Shadows
Author: Dorian Ashcroft
Publication Date: May 12, 2025
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The night air in Neo-Lumina was electric, teeming with the hum of drones and the distant chatter of bustling streets below. A neon glow, both artificial and vibrant, painted the skyline with colors one could almost taste—hues of electric blues, verdant greens, and smoldering crimsons. It was a city that seemed alive, pulsating with a relentless energy that never slept.
Evelyn "Eve" Sinclair nestled deeper into the shadows on a narrow rooftop, her gaze fixed on the cityscape stretching below. Her fingers danced across the holographic interface hovering in the air before her, weaving through encrypted systems with the ease of a virtuoso. The cool glow of the interface bathed her face in a soft azure light, a stark contrast to the chaotic neon tapestry around her.
She paused, taking a moment to observe the digital fortress she was about to breach. Drake Industries—a name synonymous with power and influence in Neo-Lumina's corporate hierarchy. But beneath its polished exterior lay the whispers of secrets and shadows, secrets that Eve had been hired to uncover.
Infiltrating a corporation of this magnitude was not just a job for Eve—it was a testament to her skills and her survival. Every keystroke reminded her of the urgency of her mission and the fractured memories of a past she could never escape. The city was both her canvas and her prison, a sprawling empire where she wrote her path in lines of code and the calculated risk of every heist.
The winds whipped her hair across her face, a silken curtain she brushed aside as she focused intently on the task at hand. The city, with its endless labyrinth of streets and towering monoliths, vanished from her consciousness as the patterns in the code became her new reality.