The moment Selene dropped into the city below, the heavy pressure instantly lifted.
Maya fell to her hands and knees, gasping for air. Valeria and Nyx both let out long breaths as the tension finally left the ruined penthouse.
But the peace lasted for just three seconds.
Golden light flashed as Valeria's Aegis gauntlets appeared on her hands. Quickly, she spun around and stared right at the Spymaster.
"A virus? Seriously?" Valeria snarled, taking a heavy step forward that cracked the remaining floorboards. "You were going to cut me out? After I stood by your side against her?"
Nyx didn't back down. Twenty combat drones detached from the ceiling, their blue targeting lasers instantly painting Valeria's chest. "It was a contingency plan! You're a walking natural disaster, Valeria. Somebody had to have a kill switch just in case you decided to level half the continent!"
"I'll show you a natural disaster, you digital rat!"
