It was a lie.
The words kept repeating in Jonah's mind, like a panicked, non-stop scream. The hidden space mines, the deadly drone attack, the huge, terrifying space station… it was all just a game. It was just a big, costly distraction. Sterling had fooled them all. He had fooled him personally.
While he was way up here, millions of miles away, fighting to save the whole world, Julian Sterling was down on the planet, secretly taking control of it.
He thought of Seraph. He thought of Draven. He thought of the Headmaster. He imagined them trapped, hunted, and fighting a war they had no chance in winning. All because he had fallen for the trap. All because he had flown away where the real battle was happening.
A burning anger, stronger than any feeling he had before, suddenly took over his body.
