"Your father is gone," Elise announced, her voice cutting through the tense silence as they stared at the fractured glacier.
Atlas whipped around, golden light flaring around his fists. "What do you mean, gone? You said he was holding the source."
"He was." Elise wiped blood from her temple, wincing slightly. "But I can't feel his energy signature anymore. The bond between us has gone silent."
Sarah moved closer to Atlas, the golden light beneath her skin pulsing in rhythm with his. "Could Mercer have taken him?"
"Impossible," Elise shook her head. "Father would die before allowing himself to be captured by the Void."
Hannah approached cautiously, supporting Sarah's grandfather. "The Department X helicopters are landing. We have maybe three minutes before their teams reach this positi
