"Silver-Leaf Sentinels," Kaelen said, and something in the way he said it told Xander everything about what that name meant before any explanation followed."You know them," Xander said."I trained with their third cohort." Kaelen was looking north, in the direction Silas had indicated, with the expression of someone accounting for a problem that had specific dimensions. "They're the best tracking unit the ITA has produced. Possibly the best in the region, period." He paused. "Your father helped design their curriculum."Xander absorbed that."They know Blackwood techniques," he said."They know everything Blackwood developed before the current generation updated it." Kaelen looked at him. "Which means they know the shadow-run, they know the resonance concealment basics, they know the scent-masking protocols." He paused. "They also know the Ridge. Every shelf, every cold pocket, every approach that reduces vibration signature.""They know we're here," Silas said. He was still reading
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