"Matrix," Friya said, pulling her tools from her belt. "Override all gem simulations. Recompile Kaelen’s recursion into a single diamond. And mark it with the old glyph."
The King’s inspectors would arrive at dawn to collect the final design.
Friya overrode the safety locks and plunged her hand into the holographic field. Her fingers tingled as they passed through light, touching the cold surface of the real ruby still sitting in the material tray below. But the ghost-image remained wrapped around her knuckles.
"You sabotaged the simulation," she said. dawnhold Gemvision Matrix 9 fri