Replaced by His First Love
He raised a small, handheld transmitter that was pulsing with a necrotic purple light.
“The King is a defective anchor,”
the Weaver’s voice buzzed through Leo’s comms.
He pointed the transmitter at the second jackhammer. The machine’s rhythm shifted, matching the exact frequency of my son’s failing heartbeat.
“Mommy…”
Leo whimpered, his small frame jerking as the sonic wave locked onto his own marrow.
He fell to his knees in the toxic slush, his gold eyes flickering as the sky above us began to glow with the charging of a new orbital Spear. Council interceptor.