red alerts. The noise was a high-pitched scream that

iderweb of corrupted code spreading through our out

onse team wasn't h

e unit off-campus. He told his mother, Deputy Director Maria Le

as a

abrina Chavez, the newest recruit. A girl who looked like she couldn't hurt a fly, w

t clearly, a memory seared into my soul. I had bur

captured" in the chaos that followed. Later

amed that it was my fault, that my jealousy had led Sc

, on this day, with the al

is time, I was staying to defend my pos

he Deputy Director' s office. Maria answ

happening? The

ssault. Scythe is hitting u

on a training exercise. They lied. They're in

iating through the phone. She had always treated me like a daughter,

ice like ice. "You hold your position,

e was calling Matthew, and I