How I Met My Mates
He was standing in the Citadel's high war room, his clothes disheveled, alarm sirens wailing behind him.
"Elara! Dominic!" Asher's voice was frantic, stripped of all his usual corporate composure. "The city's defense matrix just completely flipped! Something overridden the primary directive from the harbor!"
"We know, Asher," I said, my voice tight as I stared at the burning warship. "The First Prime is awake. He reclaimed the Eastern Core."
"It gets worse," Asher said, his golden eyes wide with a terrifying, hollow dread. "I just received a priority-one long-range transmission from our scout posts at the Iron Wall..."