Chapter 37 : Lunar Ravagers

Theodora's POV

The Pantomath did exactly what I expected him to do. Try to outsmart me. Assume that he was a few steps in front of me, but really, I held all the cards. The one thing I didn't predict was the fact that Mads knew him.

Seeing the warlock dragged up demons. I could see them in Mads's eyes. Those soulful eyes became stormy, a war raging inside of him. I could feel it. The abyss opened up for him. The same nightmares, but a different fear.

I couldn't help him, but Javier did. I watched Javier pull him from the darkness as Mads had helped me. We were all connected. All three of us. I could feel it deep in my chest when Mads came back to me.

To us.

As badly as I wanted to hold him, comfort him, be his anchor, I couldn't. I had to play the Pantomath like a fiddle, buy enough time for someone to hear our distress beacon. The message played on repeat, hitting any ship docked at Aeolus.

"This is the Peacemaker. We have been hit by an EMP. Our mechanic is one of yours,