CHAPTER 34: FAMILY CONCERNS
The downtown gate was massive...larger than any Klein had seen except the one that released Reactan in the outline he'd glimpsed in Storm's memories. "This is bad," Seris said as they arrived. Other guilds were already assembling. "A-rank gates don't usually appear in populated areas." The portal pulsed with sickly purple energy. Klein's chaos sensitivity screamed warnings. "Something's wrong with this gate," Klein said. "The energy signature is... corrupted." "Corrupted how?" Boomer asked. "Like the dragon we fought. But worse." The Council representative on site...a stern woman named Director Moss...gathered all the guild leaders. "Preliminary scans show this gate is unstable," she announced. "It could rupture at any moment. We need to clear it immediately before that happens." "
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