Chapter 354

XENOIS

And Jerome was orchestrating it all, staying safely out of reach while directing his forces like a conductor leading an orchestra of violence.

We were winning, but slowly. Too slowly. Eventually we'd wear down, make a mistake, and that would be it.

That's when I heard it.

A child's voice, cutting through the chaos with absolute authority.

"Everyone DUCK!"

I didn't question it. I dropped to the floor immediately, some instinct recognizing the voice even though it made no sense for that voice to be here, in the middle of a combat zone, in a nightwalker nest.

A blast of superheated plasma streaked over my head, so...