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Chapter 2 - Prologue

In the heart of New York City, the AMP Squad was legendary—not for fame or fortune, but for something stronger: loyalty, dreams, and the kind of friendship that feels more like destiny.

They met at a middle school fun fair. A spark. A moment. Eight strangers who somehow felt like soulmates the second they clicked. From that day forward, Zora, Blair, Sylvia, Athena, Enzo, Asher, Axel, and Ace were inseparable.

They were more than best friends. They were artists, dreamers, protectors, rebels. Family.

Together, they lived in the AMP House, a chaotic, beautiful space they made their own. For four years, it echoed with music jams, late-night debates, wild outfit fittings, historical rants, tech experiments gone wrong, and impromptu therapy sessions under fairy lights.

Zora, Blair, and Ace—music in their veins, already leaving footprints on café stages. Sylvia—fiery, fearless, always chasing beauty and adrenaline. Athena—the fashion visionary who saw magic in forgotten things. Enzo—Sylvia's twin, a quiet genius obsessed with ancient civilizations and mysterious ruins. Asher—the mind behind their plans, their fixer and hacker rolled into one. And Axel—their silent strength, the shield who kept their wild hearts grounded.

Their final summer together had arrived. Universities were calling. Futures were pulling them in different directions.

So they planned one last hurrah.

A road trip.

No maps. No phones. Just them.

What they didn't know was that this trip would take them far from Brooklyn—and straight into the heart of a legend buried deep in the jungle.

A place whispered about in lost journals and forbidden texts. A place that should not exist.

The Hidden City of Keitha.

And once you enter Keitha...

You don't come back the same.

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