CHAPTER 51After yanking the kite strings she visualized in her mind, the voices stopped—as if someone had sliced the necks of their owners.
The dead silence lasted only seconds, killed by thousands of screams ringing down from the skies above the transceiver building.
Mara’s eyes flicked open just as the first meteor struck her chest, exploding in her face and slamming her into the roof. From within the scaffolding, the sphere blazed brighter, bathing everything with golden light. Then more meteors plunged from the sky, each striking Mara, sending pulses of energy and shudders through her body. One after another rocked her body as it collided, exploded in a burst of light and fused itself into her skin. Lying on the roof, she could do nothing but twitch and recoil from the repeated impac
