The Last Station Standing
"The voices... they stopped."
Kazimir lowered his rifle, but he didn't relax. He stepped toward Victor, his hand resting on the knife at his belt. "Why were you holding her, Victor? Why were you fighting us?"
"I wasn't," Victor said, his voice a jagged rasp. "The Architects... they don't just control the body. They record the mind. They needed Mina because she’s the only one who knows the Structural Weakness of the underwater bases. They’re building something in the Trench. Something big."