Phase Zero: Origins

She was born Alison Rose Quill, curious, brilliant and full of wonder. A girl who would take apart a bike just to prove she could put it back together. But when tragedy leaves her orphaned and torn from her twin brother, she's left with nothing but silence. Alison is determined to find a way back to Peter and the stars they once chased, having never meant to be alone.

She was raised Lilian Monika Bain, a quiet young lady with her nose stuck in a book. An obedient daughter and student in a cold boarding school. Handpicked by Professor Whitehall to be a part of his most ambitious experiment, she was promised a future. Instead, she became a willing project, desperate to matter.

She was forged into an unfinished creation of steel and code, designed not to feel, only to serve. But when a mission unravels the illusion, Lilian begins to remember the girl she once was, a girl who lost someone to the stars. In the wreckage of truth, she must confront a question she was never supposed to ask, who am I, really?

Hawking: Universe 819

**Book One**
**Dark mode to be dramatic**