Chapter 46 The Breach in the Deep
The revelation that my mother had founded the very organization that hunted us was a blow I wasn’t prepared for.
I left the vault, my mind a storm of questions and rage.
I found Killian in the training halls, testing the strength of his shifted form against the gravity-wells of the city.
“Killian, we have to leave,” I said, grabbing his arm.
“The Alliance... they aren’t our allies.
They’re just waiting for the twins to wake up so they can complete what my mother started.
”
But before Killian could respond, the entire city of Selene groaned.
A massive vibration shook the floor, throwing us both to the ground.
“What was that?” Killian roared, shifting instantly into his Alpha form.
“The perimeter!” a voice screamed over the city’s intercom.
“The ocean floor is collapsing! We have a breach in Sector 4!”
I ran to the nearest observation window.
The grey waters of the Atlantic were no longer clear.
They were churning with a thick, black oil.
And moving through the oil were hundreds of mechanical pods—Aegis submersibles.
“They found us,” I whispered. “How did they find us beneath the ridge?”
“They didn’t find us,” Silas said, appearing from the shadows of the hallway.
He looked toward the Temple of the Moon, where the twins were still sleeping.
“They followed the resonance of the Silver Wells. When the boys started absorbing the magic, they lit up the ocean like a beacon.”
The Aegis pods began to fire.
Not torpedoes, but ‘Vibration Harpoons’ that struck the glass domes of the city.
With every strike, the glass spider-webbed, the pressure of the ocean threatening to crush us all.
“The twins are still in the wells!” I shouted, sprinting toward the temple.
“Elara, wait!” Killian called, but I was already gone.
I reached the temple just as the first harpoon pierced the roof.
A jet of freezing sea water sprayed into the chamber, mixing with the liquid silver of the wells.
The High Priestess and the mystics were scrambled in panic, their chants silenced by the roar of the ocean.
I dove into the silver water, grabbing Leo and Liam.
They were still asleep, their bodies heavy and cold.
As I pulled them toward the surface, the glass dome above us finally shattered.
A wall of water a thousand feet high came crashing down.