CITADEL
A soft blue map flickered to life, minimalist lines and coded access points.
Samuel peered over her shoulder. “You even know how to read that?”
“Enough.” Her finger traced the glowing pathways. “Performance Hall’s this way. If he’s anywhere public, that’s where he’ll be.”
She shut the terminal off and tucked the card away.
Then froze.
Footsteps.
Two Citadel enforcers turned the corner, their armor catching the light, faces hidden behind mirrored visors. They hadn’t seen them yet, but they would.
Abigail yanked Samuel into a narrow maintenance shaft, pressing them both into the shadows as the enforcers walked past, voices flat and filtered.
Sikat na Kabanata