On the day of the Capitol Summit, he figured out the moment Tom and Elliot joined him in the private car that he wasn’t the one who’d be fighting Medusa. “Oh. Great.” His delicate face twisted with disgust. “I guess this means I’m the token proxy here.” “Tom is here if you can’t take Medusa, Nige...
Wyatt told him a couple days later. Tom was sitting on the edge of his bed in the Pentagonal Spire’s infirmary, watching Vik inspect the new, cybernetic fingers. It was strange. They didn’t have any true touch receptors, not like real fingers, but whenever they came in contact with something—whet...
She hunkered down on her bench in the solitary corner she’d claimed in the garden, cringing when her own name drifted to her ears. “. . . where’s Esperanza’s daughter?” “Wyatt? Oh, she’s probably skulking about somewhere.” The voice dropped to a whisper, and Wyatt could only make out those famili...
She hunkered down on her bench in the solitary corner she’d claimed in the garden, cringing when her own name drifted to her ears. “. . . where’s Esperanza’s daughter?” “Wyatt? Oh, she’s probably skulking about somewhere.” The voice dropped to a whisper, and Wyatt could only make out those famili...