The sky shattered again.
Alex was in the command center, reviewing the latest intelligence reports, when the sound hit him. Not a crash. Not an explosion. A sound like breaking glass, but on a cosmic scale. It seemed to come from everywhere at once, vibrating through his bones, through his very soul.
The team was already running to their positions. Jaxon grabbed his machine gun. Aria found her sniper position. Elena and Sebastian flanked Alex.
"What is it?" Elena asked, her voice tight.
Alex felt the darkness surge inside him. The power of the Tempo. The Beat. The Pulse. The Sound. The Silence. The Whisper. The Echo. The Reflection. The Mirror. All of it was responding to something. Something that recognized him.
"The Infinite," Alex said. "It's here."
The sky split open. A massive f
