Chapter 87Dante mentioned it at the end of a morning briefing, almost as an afterthought."Caden," he said. "He's gone quiet."I looked up from the file I'd been reading."Define quiet," I said."His rogue territory contacts haven't heard from him in four days. The two intermediaries he was using to build his political argument have stopped receiving communication. His known locations, the apartment near campus, the safe house in the eastern district, the property his mother's family left him, all empty." Dante looked at me steadily. "He's not on campus. He's not at any of his regular haunts. He hasn't used his primary accounts or his personal devices in seventy-two hours.""You've been tracking his devices," Matthias said."Since the estate assault," Dante said. "Yes."Matthias nodded once. Expected. Approved retroactively.I set the file down."When exactly did the communication stop?" I said.Dante checked his notes. "Tuesday evening. Around nine PM. His last confirmed contact was
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