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Chapter 45 - CHAPTER 45: THE WAR CONTINUES

The forest trembled under the new sound—the hum of engines breathing through trees that once whispered only wind.

Buzz crouched beside Zza in the undergrowth, watching the crater where the facility had fallen. It wasn't rubble anymore. It was changing.

From the wreckage rose metal spires, slick with oil and gold light, curling upward like vines. The soil beneath them cracked and blackened. The hum deepened. Roots of wire and steel pushed into the earth, spreading fast.

Zza whispered, "They're seeding the ground."

Buzz narrowed his eyes. "It's a hive. They're building their own."

The towers grew taller, bending slightly, pulsing with blue light. Above them, clouds swirled in patterns too perfect to be natural.

He felt the vibration in his chest before he heard it. The Queen's voice threaded through his blood again—soft, almost gentle. *You see now. They took from me what they feared most. You.*

He pressed a claw to his chest. "You don't get to claim that."

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