MY BULLY PRESIDENT
The storm outside had cleared, leaving the Academy draped in a deceptive, silver moonlight. Tomorrow, Project Janus would go live, an orbital defense grid that would cement the Beaumont name in history. But inside the Presidential Suite, the air was thick with the scent of a trap.
Thalynn lay on the sofa, his body still trembling from the aftershocks of the "Alpha-Flood" bypass. Lucian sat at the master console, his fingers flying across the holographic interface as he performed a final diagnostic. The President was gone; in his place was a man possessed by a frantic, protective energy.