My blood runs cold. "Why didn't it collapse?"
"Because it’s waiting," Morgan replies. "It’s waiting for a specific resonance frequency. It’s waiting for Asher."
I look at the schematic. The violet dots are pulsing in a slow, rhythmic heartbeat. It’s a trap. The entire GBDC headquarters is a bomb, and my son is the detonator.
"They don't just want to kill us," I whisper, the realization hitting me with the force of a physical blow. "They want to capture us. They want to force Asher to trigger the collapse so they can study the resonance in real-time."
Through the mate bond, I feel Kade’s absolute, unyielding resolve.
We’re leaving, Kade projects, his mental voice a dark, lethal rumble. Now.
"We can't leave," I reply, my physical voice steady, carrying the quiet, unshakeable authority
