Chapter Thirty-Six
Nexus
Sophia clung to a handrail on the flimsy walkway that connected the Spear antenna to the nexus entrance. Or used to connect it—now it was twisted and broken in two. One side was precariously attached to a much sturdier catwalk that wrapped around the antenna and held her weight; the other was bolted to the way in. Above her, the outside wall of the Spear had split, creating a fissure through which she could see the gray sky above Prague.
To her side, the antenna’s control panel looked intact, although she wouldn’t know for sure until Aviary tried to use it—a possibility that was becoming more remote by the second.
At the nexus entrance, Aviary lay motionless against the wall. Damien knelt beside her, one ear over her mouth as he listened to her breathing. He ch
