Buffer Island: The Wheel of Dark Trade
"You have to save her now, Jax. Hurry, her heart is failing!" Serena's wail collided with the shriek of Dahlia's medical alarm, filling the small cabin aboard the Maruta. Hysterical nurses outside shrieked and panicked, their cries fading as a surge of static electricity flooded the corridor. Time was completely lost. I stood frozen, holding the featherlight Dahlia in my arms. Her medical alarm grew louder, more insistent. Damn it, Cypher!
"Lockdown implemented, Mr. Blackford! The entire ship is switched to Cypher's autonomous navigation protocols! All manual access has been overridden!" Juri's roar came hysterically through my bone-contact signal. Even Juri's synthetic voice seemed shaken by the uncontrollable situation. "You are locked inside the
