The piercing crimson laser of the heavy anti-materiel rifle did not waver a single microscopic millimeter. It burned directly through the blinding blizzard, cutting through the gunship’s reinforced polycarbonate windshield to rest dead center on Isabella’s chest, directly over her violently beating heart."Sovereign, get down!" the Vanguard commander roared, aggressively throwing his massive, armored body in front of Isabella. "That is a .50 caliber depleted-uranium round! It will completely punch through the glass, through my tactical plating, and entirely vaporize your torso!"Isabella didn't cower. She didn't seek the safety of the armored bulkhead."Step aside, Commander," Isabella commanded, her voice dropping into a freezing, apocalyptic register that was somehow colder than the negative-forty-degree Arctic wind tearing at the hull."Matriarch, he has a confirmed lock—""I said step aside!" Isabella shrieked, her dark eyes completely hollow, swallowed by an unyielding, feral hel
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