We arrived at the penthouse. Azryth immediately went into full security mode, making calls, checking systems, activating protections I didn't know existed.
I sat on the couch, trying to process everything.
I could see auras now. Read loyalty bindings, identify supernatural affiliations.
Which made me even more valuable to the Covenant, even more dangerous to their operations.
Even more of a target.
"Stop spiraling," Azryth said, appearing with two glasses of whiskey. "I can feel your anxiety through the binding."
"I just discovered I'm a walking supernatural detector. Spiraling seems appropriate."
"Fair." He sat beside me, handed me a glass. "But spiraling doesn't help, planning does. And we're very good at planning."
"Are we really? We've been reacting to threats constantly, the poison, the spirits, now Lirien. We're always one step behind."
