Becky's POV
The knock shook the delicate sense of safety that had grown up during the day in the chamber. I glanced at Leo's pale face while my heart hammered in my chest and heard my blood flowing in my ears. I had never seen him looking like this before—so startled, so vulnerable.
Whispering more to himself than to me, he said, "The Broker."
I bit hard, my head whirling. How would one do it? How did he get upon us so fast? We took great care. Apart from Jenna, we had not told anyone where we were; even then, we had been evasive.
Are you certain? With a trembling voice, I asked.
Leo nodded slowly while his hand stood on the door handle. He did not move to open it, as though stopped in place by the gravity of the occasion.
He whispered, "We need to move," and then he gently correcte
