[POV: Sofia Lanka]

"Patch me through to the remaining broadcast towers in the Southern Republics, Alistair. I don’t care if the satellites are falling like hail or if the King’s encryption is eating the bandwidth. We are not going to sit in this bunker and watch the world turn into a silent graveyard. If I am the Anchor, then I am going to pull this entire world back to reality. Now, give me a live feed to every screen that still has a spark of power."

Sofia stood at the center of the command hub, her silver-gold eyes casting a rhythmic, pulsing light across the frightened faces of the resistance...