He had earned my trust not by demanding it, but by building it, brick by brick, day by day, until the foundation was unbreakable.
"Helena sent a message this morning," Kade says aloud, his physical voice vibrating against my back.
I open my eyes, looking out over the academy again. "Let me guess. The Eastern Coalition is finally agreeing to the unified curriculum?"
"Better," he says. "The human UN summit in Geneva just passed the Global Climate Accord. They think it’s a massive diplomatic victory for renewable energy and conservation."
I laugh softly. "They have no idea."
"None," Kade agrees, a hint of amusement in his tone. "They think they saved the planet with carbon credits and solar panels. They don't know that the actual stabilization of the tectonic plates and the atmospheric p
