I was escorted back to my office by two helpful - and intimidating - guards from the Zhen Tea House. Neither of them spoke, but that was fine by me because I wasn't sure what to say either.
The cryptic words of Councilor Zhen played over and over in my mind. She knew - she knew that something strange had happened at the lobby of the Roen Tower when Bada got shot and was miraculously saved.
'Darkness' was all Luc said and the world got engulfed as she commanded. Nabir turned into a cross between human and some mythical beast. Cain and Abe were simply 'paused.' And then… there was that whole weird 'presence' whose name I couldn't remember, except the incredible weight of dread it brought to me, some sort of primal fear.
Just as if she read my mind from many, many floors away, I saw Luc standing by the window as soon as I returned to my office. She stood there looking outside with her hands clasped behind her back. Upon hearing the door close behind me, she slowly turned.
