Chapter 56

The sound isolation barrier hummed with a subtle, rhythmic pulse, sealing the cabin off from the rest of the Parker Industries camp. Inside, Smith leaned forward, his face etched with a gravity that Lucas had never seen on the man before. He began to speak of things that transcended the simple survival of the forest. For a mortal to meet a god was far from an ordinary occurrence throughout the multiverse. Across the infinite reaches of existence, only the most extraordinary individuals ever...