MY CRUEL PROTECTOR
The biological progenitor is overwhelming the Subject’s defenses.
"I can't see him!" I shrieked, the monitors in the room exploding one by one. "I can't get in!"
Leo was standing at my side, his small hand gripping my robe. He looked at the map, then at me. His eyes were no longer grey; they were a blinding, terrifying gold.
"Papa is crying, Mama," Leo said, his voice echoing with the resonance of the stars. "The old man... he’s hollow. He has no song."