And for the first time—
real fury flashes beneath his calm exterior.
Because the thing he feared most had already happened.
The survivors found each other again.
Clay slowly moves backward toward me without lowering his weapon.
Never taking his eyes off Wu.
Always making sure he can reach me.
Protect me.
The terrifying thing?
I think Wu notices that too.
And hates it.
Mason gestures sharply toward the bridge.
“More Sentinel teams are inbound. We gotta move now.”
Russ immediately agrees.
“He’s right.”
Wu’s voice cuts through the rain one last time.
“Hannah.”
The sound of my name in his mouth makes my skin crawl now.
“You are making a catastrophic mistake.”
I step out beside Clay before anyone can stop me.
Rain soaks through my clothes instantly. I don’t care, I’m already soaked.
But I don’t care about any of that.
Not anymore.
Because for the first time—
I’m not standing alone.
Gabriel beside me.
Clay beside me.
Survivors around me.
People remembering.
People fighting back.
