The sky turned white.
Alex was in the training room, sparring with Jaxon, when the light exploded across the heavens. Not sunlight. Not fire. Something else. Something that seemed to burn through reality itself.
"What the hell?" Jaxon muttered, shielding his eyes.
Alex felt the darkness surge inside him. The power he'd given back to the Wellspring was gone, but something else remained. Something ancient. Something that recognized this light.
"The Architects," he said. "They're here."
The team gathered in the command center. The light was everywhere, seeping through the walls, through the windows, through everything.
"We need to get outside," Sebastian said. "We need to see what we're dealing with."
They ran to the courtyard. The light was blinding, but Alex could see figures in the
