I gathered Agents D and Breyer in the new emergency control room we had built for Valerian. The air was tense; exhaustion from the war against North and Elara was still palpable, but their focus was now entirely on me. I knew that after all the lies I'd told, total honesty was the only way to secure their loyalty.
"We just destroyed the core of the North Faction in the North Sea," I said, my voice firm. "I killed Elias, the traitor who murdered my parents. But the war isn't over. Elara escaped, and the Coven controls the Iron Dragon technology."
Agent D nodded, gripping the bandage on his arm tightly. "We're ready, Cassian."
"I won't use the name Mr. North in front of you again. Not in this context," I said, picking up Ashworth's hard drive and Elias's badge. "You know who our true enem
