ive holographic billboards suspended from the vaulted ceiling replayed high-intensity combat fo
t pillar, glancing at the
3. Assembly
aft window, the academy's automated system had officially dumped him
of cosmic void-storms, but navigating a terminal full of
fortlessly past two burly upperclassmen without brushing a single thread of their coats. As he glided pa
ith messy blond hair was pacing back and
ster yelled, waving both ar
fering a slight, amuse
t, out of breath. "Word on the forum is that you absolut
ally nothing better to do, Kieran though
k, fire-engine-red military hover-bike drifted violently across the polished tiles, s
his leg over the chassis. He wore custom
ng said. He pulled off his tinted visor, pumping a
ely in his pockets. His passive energy field devoured
ned confidence, Kieran noted internally. Did he buy the 'Arrogant
y armored personnel carrier parked nearby. Leaning against the
us?" Kade Tucker's voice sounded li
wn energy surged inside like magma trapped beneath thin rock. Three fractured energy pathways, Kieran analyzed
. "You're nothing but monster bait. The second you slow me down
ieran b
e the vein on Kade's temple throb. He took a heavy, aggres
second, Kieran let a microscopic sliver of his ancient aura slip. Kade's beast instincts scr
sement. With those blocked arteries, you're three angry stomps away from a massive car
high heels broke
ulders hunched, while the female wore an immaculate, perfectly tailore
?" Talia Reynolds complained, waving a manicured hand in fron
nty minutes ago, but oka
ured a soft, pathetic plea
arming smile. "My apologies, my lady. Ma
ieran. She took in his sharp bone structure and
netic dead-end. No wonder your engagement was broken. You were thrown away like garbage-just a pathetic, broken toy. Hon
ly. A few travelers waiting at nearby
line," a passing mercenar
lling him to kill himself? These noble kids are psycho," a wom
nd the murmurs of the crowd, Kieran'
of introductions? Kieran mused, genuinely impressed by her audacity. Ten out o
face flushed beet-red with anger, his fists clenching
against the boy's collarbone, sending a microscopic pulse of absolute-zero energy into Leo's ne
fering his friend a mild, calming smi
g of these low-dimensional children was nothing more than the squirm
ace ordered, clapping his hands togethe
t a leisurely pace. Kade threw a hesitant, profoundly fearful look over his sho
port announcer chimed again. Its cheerful tone was
ced. Unstable spatial rifts and anomalous Grade-S energy signat
en, suffocating spike in atmosphe
spheric pressure made his eyes narrow. It wasn't just a shift in the
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