KADE I was reviewing border patrol reports when Marcus burst into my office. "To the clinic, Now. Sera's losing control." I was moving before he finished speaking. The hallway seemed endless, every step felt too slow. When I reached the clinic, I heard it, the hum of raw power, frightened voices, something breaking. I moved through the door. The scene stopped me. The back wall was cracked, wood splintered like something had exploded against it. Cassandra sat slumped beneath it, blood dripping from her nose. Elena was trying to approach someone, hands raised in a calming gesture, Other rogues crowded the doorway, their faces painted with fear and fascination. And in the center of it all was Sera. Silver light blazed around her like wildfire. Her eyes were pure silver, unseeing, lost

