~Maya~

(Two Days Earlier)

I knelt down on Alpha's Maxwell chambers as the cold seeped into my bones. I kept my head bowed, my hands trembling in my lap as I listened to Selene walk around me like a predator circling its prey.

"Let me make this clear," Selene's voice was cold. "You are not to screw this up. Do you understand me, Maya?"

"Yes," I whispered as I trembled a bit.

"I don't think you do." She stopped directly in front of me, and I could feel her cold gaze on me that I shivered. ...