Sirena Amirel
Broken Code. Part 1 (English Edition)

Chapter 1

The eyes watched.

Calmly. Patiently. It was as if time itself had frozen in their bottomless depths for centuries.

They had witnessed the birth and fall of great empires. They had seen light rise to meet a timid hope, and darkness cloak the world in its cold embrace. They had seen brutal wars born of blind fear, and the fragile peace that arrived only through profound understanding.

Those eyes had been witness to countless eras. They knew all too well that light does not always bring good, and darkness does not necessarily spawn absolute evil. Yet, relentless time revealed something else entirely. From the fierce clash of light and shadow, something greater was born—something neither side had anticipated.

And so, in this very moment, that ancient, wisdom-filled gaze swept across the countless intertwined threads of human fate, settling upon just one. Upon a woman who was walking down a bustling street in Los Angeles, genuinely believing this day to be as mundane and dreary as any other.

If only she knew how many unseen eyes were tracking her every step.

If only she had any idea who she was destined to become…

But the morning had turned out far too ordinary. And it was precisely this ordinariness that irritated her most of all.

Eva walked leisurely down the street of Los Angeles, entirely oblivious to both the blinding sun and the ever-rushing crowd around her. Time and again, her thoughts kept racing back to the recent incident.

Her light, ash-blonde curls shimmered softly in the midday sun. Oversized dark sunglasses safely concealed her icy-blue eyes. To any bystander, the image she projected was flawless, almost ideal: delicate, chiseled features, impeccably fair skin, and a noble, somewhat distant, cool beauty.

All around her, the usual city hustle and bustle was in full swing. Passersby moved in a frantic, automatic rhythm—everyone hurrying somewhere, each utterly absorbed in their own life. No one paid attention to anyone else. It was a gray, predictable routine… and right now, Eva was desperately clinging to it like a lifeline.

"This will be over soon," she whispered to herself, barely audible.