The Glass Divide 1
The Glass Divide The sky above the city was an endless shade of gray, as if nature itself had surrendered to the suffocating order of the regime. Metal towers loomed over the crumbling remnants of old buildings, casting long shadows over narrow streets teeming with desperate faces. The year was 2147, and humanity had exchanged freedom for security in ways they could no longer undo. Beneath the layers of sterile steel and concrete was a secret that no one dared speak of. It wasn’t the cameras embedded in every streetlamp, nor the facial recognition drones that circled like vultures. It was The Divide —a massive glass wall cutting through the center of the city, splitting it into two worlds. On one side of The Divide were the Exalts : those chosen for their intelligence, loyalty, and "moral fortitude." They lived in the Lumina District, a place of perpetual light, where clean air, lavish gardens, and advanced technol...