Two days after everyone had been admitted to urgent hospital care, the world began arriving for its children.
Saha arrived first because Dax and Chris apparently considered borders a suggestion when Nero bled.
Rohan followed with General Marianne Lancaster, Lord Daniel Lancaster, and Queen Heather's fury transmitted ahead of them like a formal declaration of war.
Palatine's communication line opened before dawn with Trevor's voice too controlled and Lucas's silence far more terrifying. By noon, they were in Roslew too.
Draxil sent envoys for Eva Thornevik, but no one asked for Andrea Vale.
Officially, he had died during the breach. His body had been contaminated beyond recovery and destroyed under infection protocol. The first briefings said so. The preliminary reports said so. The cleaned alarm logs were beginning to say so too.
The truth breathed behind sealed suppression two floors below ground, barely alive and far more valuable than justice allowed.
