The seawater pressed against him, but it was the alloy of the mech that truly strangled his Soul Sense. The moment he recognized the metal, a sharp jolt went through Ethan. He had seen it before—deep beneath the Silverwood estate, in the hidden medical bay he had stumbled across while searching for Lyla's father. The walls of that chamber had been made of the same oppressive material.
Does the Silverwood family have even more secrets? The thought came unbidden, tight with unease. And Liam Silverwood… how did he get his hands on a spatial pouch embroidered with the emblem of Hurricane City?
But this was no time to linger on suspicions. He forced the thoughts aside; urgency left no room for speculation. Under normal conditions, his Soul Sense could sweep two hundred kilometers without the Shatterstar's help. Here, wrapped in the half-finished mech, it was choked down to barely a thousand meters.
