Once Whitney left the room, my smile vanished as I clutched my head. My body trembled, and my head felt like it had just taken an ice bath—a sharp, numbing chill that made my thoughts sluggish and disjointed. I groaned softly, trying to piece together the fragments of memory that danced just out of reach.
I was walking away from Cypher then... something exploded. That was all I knew, the rest a blank void. I looked around the sterile room, my eyes landing on my broken phone on the side table. I needed to gather more information so with shaking hands, I picked it up and powered it on, the screen flickering weakly. When I checked the news, there were only articles about Sovereign Legion's Conquest failure, as I expected.
