Cora Mass Effect Andromeda Novels & Stories

Something was not right at all. I glanced around to find support, but everything went static, when Rhys whimpered in my head. "Mate is in danger, we need to save her right now or else she would die." Amora is in danger? As good as I can remember, she is the only one my would refer to as mate. Then, how is it possible that, I was feeling all this emotions? And then, it hit me, at this point I knew exactly what was happening. It actually means that Amora and I are connected through our minds, our spirit, our soul. Anything that happens to her, is bound to happened to me as well.

Roman corrected sharply. He stepped directly into my personal space, his massive chest nearly making physical contact with my shoulder. The bitter, sharp scent of seawater and fresh, unburned gunpowder rolled heavily off his wet wool trench coat. "Your epidermis is exhibiting extreme vasodilation, Cora," he murmured, his gaze dropping critically to my red collarbone. "I just executed a boiling hot submersion to lower my cortisol levels," I lied smoothly, tilting my chin up to establish defiance. "Your automated sirens terminated my sleep cycle at dawn, and my nervous system has been unable to reset."

Edda’s body twitched, metal fingers scraping against the floor as backup circuits sparked to life. The chamber’s lights dimmed, surged, dimmed again—like the Cathedral was trying to breathe for her. Bram staggered upright, coughing smoke. “She’s rebooting. She’s actually rebooting.” Ines swiped frantically through her cracked tablet. “She’s jumping cores. If she finishes the transfer—she’ll be everywhere again.” Varian wiped blood from his eyes and rose, pain radiating through every rib. “Not happening. Liora—”

“I chose Zephyria.” Elias snorted softly. “Same thing.” Draven didn’t answer. But the corner of his mouth twitched. ✦ ✦ ✦ Mara’s equipment lit up with the largest core fracture yet. The sanctuary shook. And somewhere in the citadel, Vaelor’s bond flared with sudden, sharp awareness. The war had just changed again.

Massive, geometric drop-ships were detaching from the underbelly of the Armada, vectoring directly toward our position. "Dax," I yelled over the comms, the wind trying to rip the words from my throat. "The fleet is moving! We just kicked the hornet's nest!" "Keep your eyes on the horizon, Ghost!" Dax shouted back, tucked low over his handlebars. "Just look for the dome!" We were twenty miles from the Citadel. Twenty miles of open, coverless wasteland, carrying a bomb of pure anti-matter, with an alien armada descending from the sky and hounds of deletion snapping at our tires.

“And that’s exactly why you’re staying inside.” For a heartbeat, I thought she might argue again. Then she nodded. Satisfied only when the door slammed shut behind them, I turned back to the battlefield just as another wave of rogues crashed forward. As claws met flesh and blood soaked into Frostbite soil, one truth burned through my mind with terrifying clarity: This wasn’t just an attack. It was the beginning of a war. And Cora stood at its center.........whether she knew it yet or not.

Juno walked in next, looking like she hadn’t slept in a week, and Mace walked in last with a fire blazing behind her eyes that only I seemed to notice. “Settle down, this is important.” I said, getting straight into it. “I just had a talk with Allen about the corrupted creatures we’ve been finding. Varen is already close to perfecting them, and soon enough, he’ll have an army.” I turned, looking right into Mace’s eyes. “An army of the very same creatures that almost killed Mace.” She flinched beside Kael, and her arms crossed over her stomach. “So we’re preparing for a war?” Felix asked, all serious now.

"Where... what the fuck is this?" "The Core." Aradaa stood, his boots making no sound. "The storehouse. It’s all of them, Kaelor. Every woman the virus took. Their memories are right here." A shimmering aurora of data swirled above them. It wasn't just light. It was a cathedral of echoing sadness. Every data-flake that drifted past carried a fragment—a laugh, a scent of rain, a mother’s voice. Aradaa’s own static aura, usually a jagged blue lightning, began to bleed out. The white light of the Core soaked into his skin, turning his energy into a maternal, blinding white. He was connecting. The Mother-Code was recognizing its own blood.

Completely unfazed by her surroundings, Kora adjusts the pod, locking the wheels to prop it next to a nearby countertop. “Hold on a little longer,” she pleads, pressing her forehead against the glass of the pod and closing her eyes. Orion does the same, matching her on the other side of the glass. “It’ll be over soon, I promise.” The love between the two of them is apparent. They have both been through so much to finally find a moment of safety. And we still have a war ahead of us. “Is this a Solarian vessel?” Kora’s clear voice carries across the room. “I’ve never seen one like this before.”

She popped open her kit and began pulling out her healing tools. “A-are you a doctor?” Mabel asked. “Sort of, Miss,” Roselia replied. “If you want your friend to survive, please don’t get in my way.” “But—” “Questions later. I need to focus.” “Arah, can you tell me what’s going on?” Cora asked warily. “Those… those things from before…”