Summary

The first thing I hear is my apartment door being kicked in. Men in black suits storm inside. I barely make it three steps before someone grabs me from behind. I fight, scream, claw—anything to get free. Then a hand clamps over my mouth, and something sharp pierces my neck. The last thing I feel is warm blood sliding down my skin. When I wake, I’m somewhere that shouldn’t exist. Genesis Corp. Everyone inside has a number. Now, so do I. And there are rules. Never enter another subject’s room. Never interfere with the experiments. And above all—never ask what your number means. I learn that from Kane Maddox—a thirty-one-year-old with a guarded demeanor, a dangerous silence, and an unsettling knowledge of me. He knows I hate the dark. He knows I sleep with my back against the wall. He knows about the scar beneath my ribs—one I’ve never told anyone about. Every time I ask how he knows, he gives me the same answer. “You don’t want to know.” But I want to. Because Kane has been inside Genesis long enough to understand its most dangerous truth. Nothing here happens by accident. Then I find a classified file with my name printed across the front. Eva Sterling. Inside is a photograph of Kane. He’s younger—much younger. It was taken twenty-five years before I was even born. Now I have questions. Who is Kane Maddox? How does he know things about me that even my family doesn’t know? And why does Kane look at me like he’s been waiting for me to arrive? Genesis Corp. wasn’t built to contain us. It was built for us. We were created for a purpose. And whatever Genesis designed us to become could be powerful enough to destroy humanity. Because we were never meant to escape. We were meant to be activated. Copyright 2026 @ Jocelyn Marshall

Genre: Romance,Scifi

Author: 🍒Cherryfox🍒

Status: 3h ago

Chapters: 2

Rating: n/a

Age Rating: 18+

MATURE AUDIENCE {18+}

This book is intended for mature readers only.

Dark Romance • Dubious Consent • Explicit Sexual Content • Violence • Strong Language • Mature Themes • Extreme Gore

This story contains dark and potentially triggering themes, including violence, psychological manipulation, morally gray characters, and other mature subject matter.

Reader discretion is advised.

PROJECT EDEN

Subject Eve: Activated / One

Fatal Design

The first thing I hear is my apartment door being kicked in.

Men in black suits storm inside.

I barely make it three steps before someone grabs me from behind. I fight, scream, claw—anything to get free. Then a hand clamps over my mouth, and something sharp pierces my neck.

The last thing I feel is warm blood sliding down my skin.

When I wake, I’m somewhere that shouldn’t exist.

Genesis Corp.

Everyone inside has a number.

Now, so do I.

And there are rules.

Never enter another subject’s room.

Never interfere with the experiments.

And above all—never ask what your number means.

I learn that from Kane Maddox—a thirty-one-year-old with a guarded demeanor, a dangerous silence, and an unsettling knowledge of me.

He knows I hate the dark.

He knows I sleep with my back against the wall.