Security Breach: The Last Shift

Previously

…I looked at the breach, then at the empty corridor behind me, the path to my escape. It was gone. Replaced by an abyss. My family. The twins. Elara. I turned back to the containment chamber, to the widening chasm, to the ancient hunger stirring within. My hands clenched into fists, my knuckles white. The weariness was still there, a heavy cloak around my shoulders, but beneath it, something else was igniting. A fierce, protective rage. This wasn't the escape I had planned. This was a fight. And for the first time, I wouldn't be running. I would be standing my ground. My last shift had just become a battle for everything.