A Careful Reception

Lenora looked up from the phone.

"Raven's on their way here," she said.

The room shifted immediately, the weight of Aunt Clara's revelation momentarily suspended by this new, more urgent development.

"Alone," Katya asked through the earpiece, her voice cutting in from wherever she and Ronan still stood watch at the north district building. "Or with the six who were with them earlier."

Lenora check