She turned back to Isolde.
"Four days," she said. "During the request and approval period, I need you to maintain absolutely normal behavior. No additional contact with anyone from the academy beyond what would be normal for a new student settling in."
"No further communication with William or Seraphina beyond ordinary classroom proximity — anything more frequent will be noticed if your family has any monitoring on you, which given everything we've discussed, they very well might."
"Understood," Isolde said.
"When the access window opens, you'll receive instructions through a channel I'll establish, something that looks unremarkable."
" A book delivery, a message disguised as routine correspondence." Sera was already thinking ahead, the specific quality of someone constructing an operational plan in real time.
