Page 328 of Scars of Fate

“Every threat. Every attack. Every person they hurt was designed to push us toward Geneva. They need us to activate Fate.”

Lucas’s jaw tightened.

“So we don’t.”

“And Elise dies. Camille dies. The people inside Garrison Eighteen die.”

“We can’t keep reacting to Kane,” I said. “We need to make him react to us.”

Adam looked toward me.

“What are you suggesting?”

“We activate the second key before we reach Geneva.”

Ghost’s voice exploded through the radio.

“Absolutely not.”

“Why?” I demanded.

“Because Fate will ask for an operational command.”

“Then we give it one.”

“What command?”

I looked toward Lucas.

The man who had carried the original key for eight years.

The man Kane believed he could control through fear.

The man who had once let me go to save me.

This time, we would make a different choice.

“Shut down Meridian.”

Aras laughed.

“You can’t.”

“Why?”

“There is no universal shutdown. Every cell operates independently.”

“Then we issue an order they can’t ignore.”

Lucas studied my face.

“What kind?”

I looked toward the live feed of Garrison Eighteen.

Toward Janice.

Samir.