“I want you to trust me,” Lexion holds my gaze. “Universe is important to you, so she is important to me. Do you trust that?”

Do I?

Slowly, I nod.

“Then I will do everything I can to get her back safely.”

Ray approaches us, “The mayor is on his way. Thea, you’re going to be shifted to safety. Austin has cleared three teams to do an extraction. Jason will join us. The mayor is going to meet us here in a couple of minutes. We’ll handle this, Thea. Lexion is right.” ...