THE ALPHA’S BLOOD OATH
Vivienne stood in the dark for fifteen seconds, counting her heartbeats, assessing whether that had been specific knowledge or a general performance for the building's benefit, Isla's version of shouting into the dark to see what was called back.
She couldn't be certain.
Which meant she needed to assume the worst, and accelerate everything, and get to Magnus before dawn.
She moved through the junction fast and silent and didn't stop moving until the chapel's stone walls were around her and the documents were in Magnus's hands and the night outside was beginning, almost imperceptibly, to lighten at its edges.
Magnus read the documents in silence.
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