Noah's POV
"Sofia! Get away from the door!" I bellowed, slamming the heel of my boot against the reinforced steel blast barrier with everything I had.
The metal groaned, but it didn't give an inch. The heavy hydraulic locking pins had dropped straight into the deck frame, sealing the control room like a bank vault. Through the inch-thick, bulletproof observation glass set into the upper panel of the door, I saw Sofia freeze. Her silver eyes met mine through the reinforced glass, wide with absolute horror.
"Noah!" her voice came through the thick barrier as a muffled, desperate plea.
Inside the room, Cassie’s face twisted into a grotesque, triumphant sneer. Her thumb hovered over the remote detonator as she pulled back the yellow blanket, exposing the blinking red numbers of the di
