I remember the moment the temple broke the surface.\n\nThe earthquake hit at dawn. I was on the cliffs of Akrotiri, scanning the seabed with ground-penetrating radar, when the earth split open—revealing black stone stairs descending into the depths. We called it the Luna Temple within hours. My team—Kaito, Mira, and Reyes—descended with me. Inside, the air hummed. The walls shimmered with iridescent lichen, and at the center, on a pedestal of fused quartz, sat the orb.\n\nIt glowed like captured moonlight.\n\nI reached for it. The moment my fingers brushed the surface, the code on its shell shifted—reacting to touch. That’s when the Lo brothers’ men opened fire.\n\nI saw Kaito fall. Mira screamed. Reyes detonated a charge to collapse the entrance, buying me seconds to run. I didn’t take the orb. I took the medallion—hanging on a chain behind the pedestal. It burned cold against my skin as I swam through underwater tunnels, the temple collapsing behind me.\n\nNow, hiding in a derelict fishing hut, I watch the news. Interpol labels me a murderer. The orb is gone. But the medallion… it’s whispering.\n\nAnd I know one thing: they’ll come for me.\n\nI have to move before they do.