Helix

Synopsis for "HELIX: The Heart of the Shield"

The battle against Kage is won, but the war against Helix is far from over. In the aftermath, the Pantheon has a new member: Nia, a young woman rescued from the depths of a Helix lab, left shattered and silent by years of unspeakable torment. Her self-appointed guardian is Marcus, the stoic Sobek avatar known as the Shield. He is a god of immense strength, but he finds himself helpless against the one thing he cannot smash: the profound trauma that holds Nia prisoner in her own mind.
As a new, colder, and more strategic Helix Director rises to power, the Pantheon learns that Zora's only hope for freedom lies in a cryptic clue left by her parents: "Project Ouroboros." But the secret is not a code to be broken; it's a memory, locked away behind a psychic wall that only a Ma'at-a goddess of truth-can breach. The Pantheon's only hope lies with the one person too broken to help.
Forced into a fragile alliance, Marcus must become the anchor for the woman who is terrified of his power, shielding her mind as she confronts the ghosts of the past. Their dangerous quest will take them to the brink, testing their burgeoning bond at every turn, while Zora and Corbin fight a battle of their own against the devastating secrets her parents left behind.
Marcus swore to be Nia's shield, but to save them all, he must give her the safety to become a weapon. And the truth she's destined to uncover may be the one thing that can save the Pantheon... or destroy it completely.