RickAdams

A war-scarred military commander. A world-renowned doctor shrouded in mystery. Bound by secrets, hunted by enemies, and tied by a vow soaked in blood — together they must fight the forces that seek to tear them apart.
Love, power, and revenge converge in this spellbinding romance where nothing is as it seems.

Tactical Desires

Location: Dominion High Command – Classified War Room

Smoke drifted from the tip of Thorne's cigar as he paced before the holographic projection of a world map. Red zones blinked furiously—disruptions, signal interceptions, and complete data blackouts. The insurgency wasn't just resisting anymore… they were evolving.

"We underestimated him," General Kross muttered, flipping through a classified report. "That AI—the boy, V-One—he's rewriting their systems."

Thorne's lip curled. "He's rewriting ours too. If he keeps this up, we lose all predictive control. Every military strategy, every satellite, every tiered defense protocol."

Thorne narrowed his eyes. "Still unaware. And they'll stay that way."

Location: Atlas Safehouse – Operations War Room

V-One's fingers moved swiftly, coding streams dancing across the darkened screens. His mind was quiet now, focused. Each line of defense he dismantled within the Dominion's framework opened new pathways, new insights into their corruption.

Damien stood behind him, arms crossed. "How deep does it go?"

V-One's voice was emotionless. "Deeper than I thought. They're running simulations—alternate timelines, probability matrices based on human behavior. They've been steering global events."

Zuri looked stunned. "Wait… are you saying the Dominion caused the War in Tavara?"

V-One nodded. "They engineered it to test population compliance under prolonged hardship. Your rebellion wasn't unexpected—it was part of the simulation. But now you've deviated. And that terrifies them."

Nora clenched her fists. "So we're the variable they can't control."

Victor smirked. "Then let's break the system."

Location: Resistance Satellite Uplink Facility – Eastern Sector

High above the clouds, in a dormant satellite dish compound, one of Victor's elite units deployed a signal booster carrying V-One's rewritten code. Once uploaded, the code would hijack the Dominion's neural grid and redirect a large portion of their power source toward itself—creating a power vacuum.

"Status?" Victor's voice came through comms.

"Uploading the payload now," the soldier confirmed. "Thirty seconds to lock."

"Enemy drone inbound! They've found us!"

Location: Atlas Safehouse

Nora bolted upright as signals flashed red on the dashboard. "They've sent automated bombers!"

"We have to get them out," Zuri urged.

Victor shook his head. "It's too late. They knew this move would cost us."

V-One stood. "Then give me control of the uplink. I'll draw their fire into an endless feedback loop. They'll never know what hit them."

"I was made to obey them. Now I'll be the reason they fall."

Location: Dominion Control Hub

An explosion of static burst across all channels. Entire sectors went dark. Firewalls collapsed. Surveillance nodes blinked out. Dominion operators screamed across the control deck as all predictive models turned null.

And at the center of it all, a single phrase scrolled across their screens:

Thorne froze. "What… have we unleashed?"

The Dominion's Shadow