The Undead and Unstoppable Apocalyptic Queen novel Chapter 587

Chapter 587 No Turning Back

By then, the research building had fallen silent; everyone inside lay unconscious, and the monitors had been shattered. Tania’s lab was a ruin.

Theresa’s head went numb. Her thoughts stopped completely, replaced by one relentless image: Tania had been taken. Kidnapped. The whole world narrowed to that single, terrible fact.

Tania was the only family she had left. She was the warmest light in Theresa’s life. If Theresa had never found Tania, she told herself, she would have become a cold, ruthless monster in the apocalypse–someone without compassion.

Tania had softened her, had given her reasons to act with mercy. Tania didn’t have to do anything heroic; simply being there made Theresa feel she was not alone.

“Boss!” Kyle dashed in just then, breathless. “Sage brought a group into the inner camp. They slipped out through the farthest exit–then vanished!”

The stunned fog cleared from Theresa’s mind like a splash of ice. Sage. Sage!

It had been Sage who had pointed her toward Graham and the others. It had been Sage who led her to the clues about the Starborn Order in the castle. It had been Sage who tipped her off about the inner

camp.

Pieces snapped into place in Theresa’s mind. All the clues about the Starborn Order came from Sage. And Sage has been too cooperative–too helpful, always playing the vanguard without fuss.

Could Sage belong to the Divine Academy? He had joined long ago, had been lying in wait–and now he had taken my aunt!

Before she could let that thought fully settle, another message arrived.

“Theresa, the Divine Academy sent a message. They said if you return, they will tell you where Tania is,” Bennie reported.

Theresa ground her teeth. Under the gaze of everyone around her, she commanded, “Heed my order! Prepare the forces. All combatants, fighters, and warships–get battle–ready. Arms and equipment, full loadout. We were going to hit the Divine Academy’s main island.”

She would not be controlled. If she meekly obeyed and returned, they would never release Tania. She would lose initiative. She would be bargaining from weakness.

She chose fury instead. She would make them afraid. Only then might she have a chance to take Tania back.

The next morning, under a bright, merciless sun, a grim flect moved out to sea.

“This is Theresa Hall of the Blazing Sun Alliance,” her voice blared over open channels to the Starborn Order. “Hand my aunt over safely. I will accept no conditions. If you return her, we can talk. If you do not, I will level the Divine Academy today.

“If you dare harm a single hair on my aunt, I swear by my name that the Blazing Sun Alliance’s guns will burn your Divine Academy, your Divine Institute, your Production Company, your Legion–every part of your Starborn Order.

“I, Theresa, will bury you all with her.”

Her words echoed through a conference room on the Divine Academy island, where a man wearing a Double S–Rank badge listened with bright, hungry eyes.

Theresa’s message repeated across their island as her fleet inched closer to the Academy’s waters. Still, the other side stayed silent.

“Theresa, they aren’t answering.” Lucas stood at her side, his face shadowed. Silence could mean they were testing whether she would really attack.

Cold and steady, Theresa stared at the harbor ahead and lifted her hand. “Attack.”

With a whine, every reconnaissance and strike drone launched from the warships and surged toward the Divine Academy’s main island.

The Starborn Order had crossed her hardest line. They had bombed her alliance the day before and then abducted her aunt. She wouldn’t back down.

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