CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
“Well?” said Fusion, their voice impatient. “What are you going to do, Arachnid? Let the girl die or surrender and die yourself?”
Arachnid had not moved an inch since Fusion had offered their ultimatum. He stood very still, his hands balled tightly into fists, but he didn’t say a word. Switch could tell that he was angry at being put in such a position, though Switch didn’t know if he was angry at Fusion for threatening her life or at herself for putting him in this position in the first place.
It’s all my fault, Switch thought. I was just trying to help, but somehow I made this situation worse. I should have just stayed back and let him handle it.
She tried to convey to Arachnid how sorry she was through looks alone, but she wasn’t sure she succeeded. She couldn’t t
