Omega Bound
I grabbed his face with both hands, forcing him to focus on me, just as Dax finally got a light bulb to work.
And Ronan's pupils were completely dilated, reflecting the light, but he wasn't here with us.
He was looking through me, seeing a laboratory I recognized from my darkest nightmares.
We couldn't do this now, not with the Rogues hammering their way here, not with the power out and Ethan dying on the bed.
“The 4th gate wasn't the beginning, was it?” Ronan whispered.
His voice was hollow, devoid of its usual warmth, sounding like a ghost of himself as he was trying to gulp air into his lungs.