Chapter Seven — *Whoever You Are*
Caius reached the window first.
He looked out without moving the curtain. Two seconds. He stepped back.
"East side," he said quietly. "Two of them. Standing still. Not moving toward the building."
"If they were Council they would have already come in," Zane said.
"Yes."
"So who are they."
Nobody answered that.
Mara was already dressed. She pulled her cardigan straight and looked at the door.
"We go out," she said.
Caius looked at her. "We do not know who"
"We do not know anything standing in here either." She met his eyes. "And I am done waiting for things to come to me."
Zane made a sound that was almost a laugh. "She has a point."
Caius looked at the window. Then at Mara. Then at the door.
"I go first," he said.
"Fine."
"You stay behind m
