Silver Queen of Lunar Ridge
“They think I will sit here in the dark while they take everything from me. But if I am going to burn, I will burn the entire mountain down with me.”
He reached deep inside the hidden lining of his ripped boot. His fingers touched something small and plastic. It was a secret, high-grade satellite cell phone, one that did not connect to the academy's central network. It was a private communication tool that his aunt, Cassandra Vance, had given him weeks ago for emergencies.
Cassian turned the phone on. The bright blue screen lit up his pale, bruised face. He did not call his aunt Cassandra, and he did not call his friends at the school. He dialed a long, ancient security number that regular w