"Can the system be destroyed?"
Mara looked at him with something like pity.
"Destroying balance destroys more than the system," she said.
Jessica lifted her chin.
"Then we don't destroy it."
Mara studied her.
"What do you purpose?"
Jessica's eyes hardened.
"We rewrite it."
For the first time...
Mara smiled.
Not warmly.
But with recognition.
"You really are a repeat fracture," she said.
A distant hum rolled through the corridor outside.
Low.
Vibrational.
Mara's expression shifted instantly.
"Anchor," she said sharply.
Micah grabbed Jessica's hand without hesitation.
Jessica clasped Mara's wrist.
The hum deepened __ a pressure wave brushing the edges of
thought.
Daniel sat upright suddenly.
"Stay," Mara commanded.
He reached blindly until Jessica caught his other han
