AXELMy body moved before my thoughts did. I slammed my fist into the glass so hard that my knuckles burned, but the thing didn’t even shake. It felt like hitting a wall made of stone. I yelled for Cassian to stop, but he didn’t look at me. He kept his eyes on Ava like she was the only person left in this world.The speaker above us cut off, and the silence that followed felt too loud. I turned toward Drew, grabbed him by the arm, and pulled him close. I didn’t care if he liked it or not. I told him to open the door, break the glass, shut down the system, anything. If he had some hidden trick or code, this was the moment to use it.Drew stepped forward slowly, studying the edges of the door and the seams in the walls. He touched the frame, checking for heat. After a few seconds, he let out a rough breath and shook his head. He said the room was sealed by internal pressure locks. If we forced it, the system would react. And the button Cassian held likely controlled which side depressu
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