Strong Hearts: The Legacy of Do Sisters- By: Tina Marie
Chapter 28 - Queen's Gambit
Rae stepped forward, shoulders squared, fury burning behind her eyes. “You set all this up. Lured us here like mice to a maze.”
Mi Na gave a cool nod. “And still, you came willingly. That’s what makes you predictable.”
“Or brave,” Rin countered, slipping a small EMP grenade into her palm.
Mi Na raised a brow. “Always with the tech toys. But this isn’t about tactics anymore. This is about legacy. My legacy… your extinction.”
Seul stepped in front of the twins. “Not today.”
Mi Na smirked. “Yoon Seul. I see my conditioning wore off faster than expected. A shame. You were magnificent.”
“She’s even better now,” Rae said, fists glowing.
Mi Na lifted her hand—and the floor panels surged with energy. Automated turrets unfolded from the walls. Security droids descended from hidden recesses.
Rin hurled the EMP. It detonated midair, cutting the lights and frying the first wave of bots.
“Move!” she shouted.
The team scattered. Rae and Seul took the brunt, clearing the corridor with a blitz of coordinated attacks. Rin hacked a side panel, forcing open a backup access door.
“Control room’s this way!” she yelled.
They ran, dodging sparks and collapsing walkways. The facility began to tremble—Mi Na had triggered more than just a trap. She was preparing for full-scale lockdown.
In the control room, Ji Woo’s voice finally crackled through the static. “They’re powering up the launch sequence. Nine minutes until skyburn.”
Rin leapt to the central console. “I can slow it, but I need Seul’s clearance to override.”
Seul pressed her hand to the biometric pad. Lights turned blue.
Rae blocked the door as Mi Na’s footsteps echoed closer.
“We’ve got incoming!”
Rin worked furiously, disabling the ignition countdown. “Got it—launch halted… but she can still reroute from the tower!”
Seul’s face hardened. “Then I’ll go. You finish this.”
Rae grabbed her wrist. “No—if you go up there alone—”
“I was Mi Na’s weapon. I know her patterns. Let me be your edge.”
They locked eyes.
Rae let go. “Come back. That’s an order.”
Seul smiled. “Yes, ma’am.”
As Seul sprinted for the tower, Mi Na entered the control room at last.
But something was different now.
She looked less like a conqueror—and more like a queen protecting a crumbling throne.
“You really think you’ve won?” she asked.
Rin didn’t hesitate. “We’re just getting started.”
Other Chapters
- Chapter 1 - Eighteen Candles and a Cracked Sidewalk
- Chapter 2 - The First Rule of Strength Club
- Chapter 3 - The Forgotten One
- Chapter 4 - The Woman Who Walked Away
- Chapter 5 - The Ones Who Never Hid
- Chapter 6 - The Prophecy We Were Never Meant to Hear
- Chapter 7 - Off the Grid, Into the Fire
- Chapter 8 - Masks, Lies, and a Familiar Face
- Chapter 9 - Subject Zero
- Chapter 10 - The Ghost Who Runs the Lab
- Chapter 11 - Prototype X
- Chapter 12 - Mom Already Knew
- Chapter 13 - The Broadcast Heard Around the World
- Chapter 14 - Symbols of Resistance
- Chapter 15 - The Lines We Draw
- Chapter 16 - The Warning Shot
- Chapter 17 - Beneath the Oath
- Chapter 18 - Legacy in the Dark
- Chapter 19 - Inhale the Fire
- Chapter 20 - The Second Vial
- Chapter 21 - Operation Chimera
- Chapter 22 - The Reckoning Broadcast
- Chapter 23 - Strike First
- Chapter 24 - Ghost in the Armor
- Chapter 25 - Escape Protocol
- Chapter 26 - War Council
- Chapter 27 - Island of No Return
- Chapter 28 - Queen's Gambit
- Chapter 29 - Ascension
- Chapter 30 - The Morning After
- Chapter 31 - Clean Slates and Cracked Foundations
- Chapter 32 - Awakening Protocol
- Chapter 33 - Smoke Signals
- Chapter 34 - Burn Notice
- Chapter 35 - Firestarter
- Chapter 36 - Frequency War
- Chapter 37 - Tower Storm
- Chapter 38 - Aftershock
- Chapter 39 - Sparks and Silence
- Chapter 40 - Reika
- Chapter 41 - Fog and Firewalls
- Chapter 42 - The Architect
- Chapter 43 - Descent
- Chapter 44 - Pulse Point
- Chapter 45 - Surfacing
- Chapter 46 - Embers
- Chapter 47 - Phoenix Rising
- Chapter 48 - Threshold
- Chapter 49 - Resonance
- Chapter 50 - Homecoming
- Chapter 51 - Glitches and Glances
- Chapter 52 - Echoes and Ultimatums
- Chapter 53 - Crossroads
- Chapter 54 - Mirrors and Misdirection
- Chapter 55 - Double Lives
- Chapter 56 - Fractures
- Chapter 57 - Ghosts and Codes
- Chapter 58 - Resurfaced
- Chapter 59 - Apex
- Chapter 60 - Bloodline Breakpoint
- Chapter 61 - Ashes and Walnut Trees
- Chapter 62 - Roots in the Ash
- Chapter 63 - The Final Whisper
- Chapter 64 - Echo Chamber
- Chapter 65 - The Reckoning Room
- Chapter 66 - A New Flame
- Chapter 67 - The Proposal
- Chapter 68 - The Choice Revisted
- Chapter 69 - The Ceremony
- Chapter 70 - Epilogue- Ten Years Later