CHAPTER 28: THE LEAP OF FAITH“Four seconds, Zora! Choose!” Elena’s voice was a jagged blade of ice slicing through the roar of the collapsing Spire.I stared at the hollow, metallic shell that had worn my father’s face. The ultimate bait. The ultimate betrayal. My chest felt like it was being crushed by a hydraulic press, the Lagos-grit in my teeth tasting like copper and old rage.“Kael, get the rebels out! Now!” I screamed over the shriek of the atmospheric vents.“I’m not leaving you, Zora!” Kael shouted, his hydraulic claw sparking as he slammed it into the primary override console. “If the glassing hits, we’re all shadows anyway!”“Three!” Elena’s voice was a purr now, a mother enjoying her daughter’s undoing.I looked at the console. I looked at the sky. Through the shattered windows of the 150th floor, the "Second Wave" radiation was already turning the clouds into a toxic, swirling emerald. If I didn't hit the purge, a million people in the slums would be turned into ash in t
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