I look at Croft. "What’s the public saying?"
Croft’s jaw clenches. "It’s leaking. The Baseline Coalition has the medical reports. They’re broadcasting it across every human news network. They’re calling the genesis energy a bioweapon. They’re calling the Adapted children ‘patient zero’ for a new plague."
They’re using Maya’s suffering to fuel their hate, Kade projects, his mental voice a dark, gravelly rasp.
"Protests are escalating in New York, London, and Geneva," Croft continues, wiping a bead of sweat from her forehead. "But it’s not just protests, Luna. Intelligence indicates a splinter cell of the Baseline Coalition is planning a direct action against the Academy. They believe that if they destroy the integration clinic, they can stop the 'infection'."
I stand up, ignoring the pr
