Maya's Seeker turned brown at midnight. Not red. Not green. Brown. The device smoked.
“The fragment is eating,” Maya said. “Eating concrete. Steel. Glass. The host consumes buildings.”
Dr. Ellis grabbed her tablet. “That's the Devourer. I created it for demolition crews. The host can digest any material. But the hunger never stops. The host eats until they explode.”
“Where is it?”
“Dallas. A skyscraper. The host already ate the first three floors.”
Julian grabbed his cane. “We go to Dallas. Now.”
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The Skyscraper
They landed on a parking garage across the street. The building leaned. Half the lobby was gone. Chewed. Bite marks on concrete.
Kira listened. “The host is on the tenth floor. He's eating the walls. His stomach is huge. Expanded like a balloon.”
“How does he not burst
