Chapter 45The overmind buckled under the strain of trying to hold back the volcano. Everyone had poured in everything they had, to no avail.
Almost everyone, I should say. Almost everything.
Remembering the power surge I'd experienced at Cousin Canyon, I reached deep, digging for another. Hoping for enough of a boost to break the deadlock and turn back the volcano for good.
But I found nothing. No hidden reservoirs of power. I reached and dug and struggled and came up empty.
And things were getting worse by the moment. Meshed with the hundreds of Parapeople, I felt our union about to give way. The bonds between us weakened and frayed, leaving some of us hanging by threads. I quickly realized that when the volcano erupted, it would blow us apart completely...and without the stre
