The Archive Remembers

The Archive Remembers

S.A Akinola

5.0
Comment(s)
39
View
206
Chapters

In a world where memory is currency and myth can be weaponized, Matherson a boy who once escaped death while his family was erased before his eyes returns from the digital shadows to expose the truth. The system that failed him is called Edenfall, a regime that rewrites history, deletes resistance, and controls the living Archive that stores every soul's truth. But Matherson is no longer alone. A rogue AI named Ghostbyte, a spy torn by loyalty named Nova, and a generation of myth-touched orphans known only as the Children of Ember are awakening to voices from the past. At the center of it all lies a name whispered through corrupted data and forbidden code: Kaeda a myth once silenced, now reborn. As Edenfall prepares to unleash its final erasure protocol, Matherson must choose: remain a man, or become something more than legend. Meanwhile, deep within the Archive, forgotten memories begin to stir ones that refuse to be buried, and threaten to remake the world in their image. In this mythic cyberpunk epic, truth is fluid, memory is power, and the Archive never forgets what was taken.

Chapter 1 The Fire That Never Died

Matherson Jayson was just twenty-one when the world ended.

He had it all-money, charm, and the kind of confidence that only came from never having to face consequences. His life was a whirlwind of fast cars, private parties, and the luxury that came with being the only son of a man who wielded truth like a weapon.

His father, Mr. Jayson, wasn't just some internet loudmouth. He was a legend-an investigative blogger with a fearsome reputation, a man who tore down corrupt empires with nothing but a camera, a blog, and a fearless heart. He exposed politicians, crime lords, corporate demons-and made enemies every time he hit "publish."

But to Matherson, he was just "Dad." Strict. Distant. Always working.

Still, the house was warm. The family was whole.

Until the night everything changed.

It was supposed to be an ordinary evening.

Matherson stood in the bathroom, scrolling through texts, smirking at memes, half-listening to the sounds of laughter from the living room. His mother's voice rang out, teasing. His sisters were giggling. His father was probably giving another one of his passionate speeches, the kind that always made his wife roll her eyes and smile.

Then-a knock.

Sharp. Heavy. Purposeful.

Matherson barely noticed it. He was busy replying to some influencer friend about an afterparty. He had no idea that knock would be the last sound of peace his life would ever know.

The front door creaked open.

Three seconds later, the screams began.

They came fast.

Unannounced.

Unforgiving.

Four masked men. Black suits. No hesitation. No mercy.

They weren't there to steal. They weren't after cash or jewelry.

They wanted one thing-a disc.

A video disc.

"Where is it?" one of them growled, gun raised.

Mr. Jayson stood his ground. His voice didn't tremble. "I can't give it to you."

Again, they demanded.

Again, he refused.

He knew what was on that disc. It was dangerous-something that could shake cities, shatter governments, burn a powerful empire to the ground. Giving it up would be surrendering the truth he had spent a lifetime fighting for.

But they didn't care about truth.

They cared about silence.

When words failed, they used bullets.

First, they shot his wife-point-blank. No warning.

Matherson jerked in the bathroom, phone slipping from his hand as her scream sliced through the air like a knife.

Then came his sisters. Little girls. Too young to die. Too sweet for such a cruel world.

Their screams were shorter.

Then... silence.

One more shot.

His father.

The man who never backed down finally fell.

Matherson stood frozen, his body pressed against the bathroom door, breath caught in his throat, fists clenched so tight his knuckles bled.

He didn't move. Not even when the assassins poured gasoline through the house and lit the flames. Not even when the fire roared to life, devouring the curtains, the furniture, the family photos.

Only when the smoke choked him, when heat licked at his skin and flames cracked through the floorboards-only then did he move.

Crawling through the narrow window, barefoot, broken, heart racing-he ran.

Into the night.

Into the unknown.

He didn't cry. There was no time for tears.

There was only survival.

When the fire finally died, and the house was nothing but ashes and charred bones, the boy returned.

He didn't know why.

Something pulled him back. A whisper. A memory. A promise not yet fulfilled.

He stood in the ruins barefoot, covered in soot, looking at what was once a mansion. The place he called home was now a graveyard.

And then-a sound.

A faint vibration.

He looked down and saw it.

His father's phone.

Melted at the edges, half-buried in ash, somehow still ringing.

Hands trembling, Matherson picked it up and answered.

There was no greeting. No introduction.

Just a voice.

Low. Cold. Familiar.

"I know you're alive, Matherson. I'm coming for you."

Click.

No name. No location. Just a declaration.

They hadn't finished the job.

They would come back for him.

And this time... he wouldn't be lucky.

He ran.

No suitcase. No goodbyes. Just fear.

He disappeared into the underbelly of downtown-where names didn't matter, and the past could be buried in the noise of the forgotten.

He became a ghost.

A shadow.

A whisper in a city that had long since stopped listening.

Five years passed.

The name "Matherson Jayson" was gone from every record. Declared dead. Another tragic casualty in a "freak electrical fire," according to the official reports. No arrests. No investigations.

The world moved on.

But Matherson didn't.

He wasn't that boy anymore.

The spoiled rich kid with soft hands and softer emotions had burned in that fire.

The man who emerged was something else entirely.

He trained-day and night. In the back alleys of the city, with ex-soldiers, mercenaries, street fighters. He learned how to shoot, how to fight, how to survive in a world that didn't care if you lived or died.

He studied his father's enemies.

Read every old blog post. Every encrypted file. Every hidden piece of data his father had ever stored.

He followed the whispers-the names buried in code, the deals hidden behind corporations, the powerful people who had everything to lose if the disc ever saw the light of day.

He built a new identity.

A new body.

A new mind.

The pain never left him.

The screams of his sisters. The blood on the carpet. The smoke in his lungs.

But he turned that pain into purpose.

Revenge wasn't just a goal.

It was survival.

And now... the time had come.

He stood in the rain on the rooftop of a crumbling building, staring out over the city that had once been his playground.

He wasn't running anymore.

He wasn't hiding.

He wasn't afraid.

"You killed my family. You tried to kill me. You erased our name. But you forgot one thing..."

"I'm still alive."

And this time?

He's coming for them.

To Be Continued...

Optional Teaser for Chapter 2:

A masked figure watches him from the shadows. A whisper in the earpiece crackles to life.

"Target is active. Phase Two begins now."

A gun is cocked.

The hunt has begun... again.

Continue Reading

Other books by S.A Akinola

More

You'll also like

Reborn Heiress: The Wolf's Vengeance Deal

Reborn Heiress: The Wolf's Vengeance Deal

Sibeal Sallese
5.0

I lay paralyzed on stiff white sheets, a prisoner in my own skin, listening to the rain lash against the window like nails on a coffin. My father, Elmore Franco, didn't even look at my face as he checked his clipboard. He just listened to the steady, monotonous beep of the heart monitor-the only thing proving I was still alive. Without a hint of remorse, he pulled a pen from his pocket and signed the Do Not Resuscitate order. My stepmother, Ophelia, stepped out from behind him, wearing my favorite pearl necklace and smelling of cloying perfume. She leaned close to my ear to whisper the truth that turned my blood to ice. "It was the tea, darling. Just like your mother. A slow, tasteless poison." She chuckled as she revealed that my fiancé, Bryce, had a two-year-old son with my sister, Daniela. My inheritance had been funding their secret life for years, and now that the money was secure, I was an inconvenience they were finally scrubbing away. As my father yanked the power cord from the wall, the beeping died, and the darkness swallowed me whole. I was being murdered by my own flesh and blood, used as a bank account until I was no longer needed. I died in that sterile room, drowning in the realization that every person I ever loved was a monster who had been waiting for me to take my last breath. Then, I gasped. I woke up in a luxury hotel suite surrounded by silk sheets, five years in the past-the very morning of my wedding. Next to me lay Basile Delgado, the "Wolf of Wall Street" and my family's most dangerous enemy. In my first life, I ran from this room in a panic and lost everything. This time, I looked at the man who would eventually destroy my father's empire and decided to join him. "I'm not leaving, Basile. Marry me. Right now. Today."

The Scars Behind My Golden Dress

The Scars Behind My Golden Dress

Catherine
5.0

I spent four hours preparing a five-course meal for our fifth anniversary. When Jackson finally walked into the penthouse an hour late, he didn't even look at the table. He just dropped a thick Manila envelope in front of me and told me he was done. He said his stepsister, Davida, was getting worse and needed "stability." I wasn't his wife; I was a placeholder, a temporary fix he used until the woman he actually loved was ready to take my place. Jackson didn't just want a divorce; he wanted to erase me. He called me a "proprietary asset," claiming that every design I had created to save his empire belonged to him. He froze my bank accounts, cut off my phone, and told me I’d be nothing without his name. Davida even called me from her hospital bed to flaunt the family heirloom ring Jackson claimed was lost, mocking me for being "baggage" that was finally being cleared out. I stood in our empty home, realizing I had spent five years being a martyr for a man who saw me as a transaction. I couldn't understand how he could be so blind to the monster he was protecting, or how he could discard me so coldly after I had given him everything. I grabbed my hidden sketchbook, shredded our wedding portrait, and walked out into the rain. I dialed a number I hadn't touched in years—a dangerous man known as The Surgeon who dealt in debts and shadows. I told him I was ready to pay his price. Jackson and Davida wanted to steal my identity, but I was about to show the world the literal scars they had left behind.

The Ghost Wife's Billion Dollar Tech Comeback

The Ghost Wife's Billion Dollar Tech Comeback

Huo Wuer
5.0

Today is October 14th, my birthday. I returned to New York after months away, dragging my suitcase through the biting wind, but the VIP pickup zone where my husband’s Maybach usually idled was empty. When I finally let myself into our Upper East Side penthouse, I didn’t find a cake or a "welcome home" banner. Instead, I found my husband, Caden, kneeling on the floor, helping our five-year-old daughter wrap a massive gift for my half-sister, Adalynn. Caden didn’t even look up when I walked in; he was too busy laughing with the girl who had already stolen my father’s legacy and was now moving in on my family. "Auntie Addie is a million times better than Mommy," my daughter Elara chirped, clutching a plush toy Caden had once forbidden me from buying for her. "Mommy is mean," she whispered loudly, while Caden just smirked, calling me a "drill sergeant" before whisking her off to Adalynn’s party without a second glance. Later that night, I saw a video Adalynn posted online where my husband and child laughed while mocking my "sensitive" nature, treating me like an inconvenient ghost in my own home. I had spent five years researching nutrition for Elara’s health and managing every detail of Caden’s empire, only to be discarded the moment I wasn't in the room. How could the man who set his safe combination to my birthday completely forget I even existed? The realization didn't break me; it turned me into ice. I didn't scream or beg for an explanation. I simply walked into the study, pulled out the divorce papers I’d drafted months ago, and took a black marker to the terms. I crossed out the alimony, the mansion, and even the custody clause—if they wanted a life without me, I would give them exactly what they asked for. I left my four-carat diamond ring on the console table and walked out into the rain with nothing but a heavily encrypted hard drive. The submissive Mrs. Holloway was gone, and "Ghost," the most lethal architect in the tech world, was finally back online to take back everything they thought I’d forgotten.

Chapters
Read Now
Download Book
The Archive Remembers
1

Chapter 1 The Fire That Never Died

16/06/2025

2

Chapter 2 Five Years Later

16/06/2025

3

Chapter 3 The First Name

16/06/2025

4

Chapter 4 A Visit in the Dark Midnight

16/06/2025

5

Chapter 5 The Wolf in Silk

16/06/2025

6

Chapter 6 The Ghost Inside the Machine

16/06/2025

7

Chapter 7 The Road to Valemont

16/06/2025

8

Chapter 8 Blood and Baptism

16/06/2025

9

Chapter 9 Shadows of the Network

16/06/2025

10

Chapter 10 Ghostbyte : The Man in the Wires

16/06/2025

11

Chapter 11 Fire in the Wires Pain

16/06/2025

12

Chapter 12 Hunt Protocol

16/06/2025

13

Chapter 13 The Council of Silence

16/06/2025

14

Chapter 14 The Trigger Code

16/06/2025

15

Chapter 15 A Second Ghost

16/06/2025

16

Chapter 16 Shadow Between Fires

16/06/2025

17

Chapter 17 Specter's Game

16/06/2025

18

Chapter 18 Cold Codes in Berlin

16/06/2025

19

Chapter 19 Echoes in the Fork

16/06/2025

20

Chapter 20 The Infection

16/06/2025

21

Chapter 21 The Red Node

16/06/2025

22

Chapter 22 The Culling Protocol

16/06/2025

23

Chapter 23 Merge or Die

16/06/2025

24

Chapter 24 After the Fire

16/06/2025

25

Chapter 25 Embers of the Signal

16/06/2025

26

Chapter 26 The God Problem

16/06/2025

27

Chapter 27 Ashes and Flight

16/06/2025

28

Chapter 28 Mnemosyne

16/06/2025

29

Chapter 29 The Weight of Silence

16/06/2025

30

Chapter 30 The Broken Oath

16/06/2025

31

Chapter 31 The Memory Wars

16/06/2025

32

Chapter 32 The Signal

16/06/2025

33

Chapter 33 The Consequences of Truth

16/06/2025

34

Chapter 34 The Architect of Unbelief

16/06/2025

35

Chapter 35 The Architect Beneath Silence

16/06/2025

36

Chapter 36 Erasers of the Unwritten

16/06/2025

37

Chapter 37 Becoming the Myth

16/06/2025

38

Chapter 38 The Future That Would Not Die

19/06/2025

39

Chapter 39 Her Name Was Ember

19/06/2025

40

Chapter 40 Ember Signal

19/06/2025