MY CRUEL PROTECTOR
He let out a long, shuddering breath and stood up, pulling us both into his embrace.
"I guess I’m going to need a bigger sword," he whispered.
The war for the Earth had evolved into a war for the universe. The Source was in the code, the parasite was in the blood, and the stars were waiting.
But as the snow began to fall over the silent city of Moscow, the Architect looked at her Shield and her Heir and realized that the "design" had one final flaw. It had assumed we were afraid of the dark.
We weren't afraid. We were the ones who owned it.