At three o'clock in the morning, Bai Zhi fell into a coma on the 43rd floor of the abandoned tower. The brain waves were spiraling, exactly like the blue light she had seen at the scene of her parents' disappearance twelve years ago.
There is a face in that device. I've seen it - behind my mother.
Bai Zhi woke up and said, "Your mother is not a real person."
This ring on my hand is the only clue left by my mother. Engraved on the inside is a line of words: "The truth lies in the center of the spiral."
And the last of the seventeen messages she left me was:
"Baby, it's time to wake up."
Now comes the Balancer. He has no face, no warmth, only voice - and enough authority to erase all traces.
"The first time I let you go. The second time, I won't.
