“Neglect.”
Another step closer.
“I simply removed unpredictability.”
No.
Bastard actually believes this.
Clay pounds violently against the blast door behind me.
“HANNAH!”
Wu barely glances toward the sound.
“Attachment.”
His voice cools slightly.
“Your greatest defect.”
I stare at him with fury burning through every inch of me.
“No.”
A step closer.
“It’s why I survived you.”
That finally changes something in his face.
Tiny.
But there.
Anger.
Real anger.
The reactor corridor trembles violently again.
Warning lights flash faster now.
Critical instability.
Wu notices it too.
And smiles.
“You still don’t understand.”
He gestures calmly toward the shaking bunker around us.
“Ascension doesn’t end with me.”
Cold spreads through my chest.
“How many facilities?”
