51
Intruder
“Eos, talk to me!” Jace sat at the control panel, feeling helpless. Eos had been able to assume remote access earlier but had fallen silent. And now they just sat there while the ship fell from the sky. None of the systems were responding. Only a few lights remained, red ones, which blinked menacingly at them.
“I wish Cade were here,” he said, fighting the instinct to panic. Even though he knew it would not do him much good, he stayed strapped into his seat.
Ashlyn, who hadn’t said a word the entire time, spoke. “He is here. I…I can feel him.”
Jace bit his tongue. He did not press her. Poor girl, he thought. Unless Cade had sprouted wings, there was no way he was on the ship.
The city came into full view on the screen in front of them. It was getting larger, fast. Only se
