I didn't sleep that night. I couldn't. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw that woman in the parking lot. Saw the moment her consciousness flickered. Saw myself arriving too late to do anything but watch. A new power. The ability to see the future. To sense when the Harvester was hunting. Completely useless if I couldn't act fast enough to stop it. When I finally forced myself into the in-between space around dawn, Gia was already waiting. She took one look at me and her expression shifted to alarm. "Kaiden, you look—" "I need to train. Now." "You need to rest. Your consciousness is fraying at the edges. If you push too hard—" "I got a new power yesterday. Saw the Harvester marking someone before it happened." I moved past her toward the training area we'd established in the grey mis

