9. SunsetOne of the Augurs touched controls on the mind-wipe machinery built into the couch Selene was strapped to. She clenched her eyes shut but the lights from the device were somehow unaffected, becoming agonies lancing directly through her mind. Instinctively, she tried to switch off the pain within the artificial parts of her head, throw up defences to protect her core mental functioning. She could do neither. The explosions of agony were too overwhelming, the override pathways lost in the blizzard whiteout.
Through her own screams she was aware of the binds that restrained her to the First Augurs' couch. She pulled against them with all the strength she had, muscle and augmented muscle straining, not caring if she tore her own limbs from their sockets. She wasn't strong enough to r
