Chapter 421

• Alpha Clark's words were profound and rational. I had thought that, as the key to the Devourer's destruction, I would be a kind of savior, but I just realized that my existence also meant destruction. The fact that I had started this made the responsibility I would carry even heavier, for all the lives that would be lost in the process. And the worst part was that I would be forced to see the end of this cycle with my own eyes.
• "I feel terrible!" I said to Lisa, crouching on the bedroom floor against the door.
• Even if Alpha Clark was right, I needed to have faith that we could save everyone. We still had time to try to convince them, and we wouldn't give up until the last minute. There was plenty of time ahead, so there was no reason to worry about it now. Besides, I wasn't alone in this mission. It was a shared responsibility, and if everyone did their part, we would succeed.