The Fallen’s cause, ended at last with this final blow. Bryce and Rigelus halted their struggle at the glowing missile’s approach. And Hunt knew it was Shahar, it was every one of the Fallen, it was all who’d stood against the Asteri, who guided that missile for a direct hit into Rigelus’s face. It didn’t explode. It launched him away from Bryce, the Bright Hand now tumbling for the event horizon, the missile with him— And Bryce was free. Drifting.

