Chapter Thirteen
Erik and Jia rushed to the Argo, strapped into their exoskeletons, and boarded the cargo flitter, along with Anne and Kant. Emma lifted off before they’d all finished locking their exoskeletons into place.
Jia took slow, even breaths. Her heart didn’t pound in every battle anymore. Fighting grotesque monsters and cybernetic chimeras had become routine in its own twisted way. The human mind was remarkably adaptable.
Not that her steely will arose from nothing. Her earlier experiences had almost broken her, but Erik had helped her pull back from the edge. Now, though, she wanted to do what she could to end the menace of the Core.
Erik had been right. The assassination hadn’t been the end, but the beginning of the end. They’d humiliate the Core and remind them there was n
