But there were too many.
For every hundred we destroyed, a hundred more breached the upper atmosphere. The violet light grew brighter, casting long, grotesque shadows across the burning forest. The psychic screech of the Hive was deafening, a constant, grating pressure against my skull.
Through the merge, I felt Kade’s physical body trembling with the effort of maintaining the Alpha command over the pack while coordinating with the human military. I felt my own nose bleeding, the capillaries in my eyes bursting from the strain of the Anchor’s power.
We were holding. But we were losing ground.
Suddenly, a massive, blinding flash of violet light erupted in the center of the swarm.
The psychic screech stopped.
The remaining drones, hundreds of them, suddenly stopped their chaotic descen
