Blood and Betrayal
“The high-intensity ones I designed for the rescue drills. Aim them at the remaining glass of the studio.”
“Lisa, what are you doing?”
“I’m going to reflect the resonance,” I said. “I’m going to change the architecture of the air.”
Julian scrambled to the control panel, bypassing the jammed manual levers. The floodlights erupted into life—two massive beams of white light that hit the jagged shards of glass still clinging to the studio frame.
I stood in the centre of the deck, the wind whipping my hair, and I began to sing.
It wasn’t a song. It was the discordant melody from the music box, but I changed the intervals. I used the resonance of my own voice—the “Ares gift”—to interfere with the