Chapter 247

Elara's POV

I sat hunched over the console, the glow of the screen burning into my tired eyes. The military's drone footage had arrived from the Steelmaw Recon Unit earlier that morning, and I'd been working ever since to restore it. Line by line, pixel by pixel, the blurred shadows resolved into clearer shapes. My claws tapped impatiently against the desk as the software sharpened another frame.