Tori’s heart pounded. She’d honestly thought for a second that Gabe was about to accidentally destroy them all.

Maybe.

Though if his parents were really sending deactivation codes Tori could use them to help finish programming the drone harvesters she was about to send after the missiles.

“We really would be glad for the info if someone with clearance could get it to us in a secure way,” she said to Gabe’s parents. “Believe it or not, we want to come home.”

“You all are paranoid,” Gabe’s father said. Without her armband programs, Tori wasn’t sure how to interpret his scowl. Was he angry? Frustrated? All she knew for sure about this man was that he loved Gabe.

And she knew that from the way Gabe had talked about t...

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