Fira slammed her palm against the archive table hard enough to knock a stack of papers to the floor.
"They're right," Fira said, voice tight. "I ran the calculations again after the letter arrived. Wren's bond surge during the village attack, and again during the clearing fight, they weren't isolated incidents."
"Meaning what," Kane said, dread building fast.
"Meaning every burst she's manifested has left a trace," Fira said. "Small, fading, but present. If the Concord's been tracking those traces across multiple locations, cross-referencing the pattern."
"They could triangulate more than just her position," Lira said, understanding dawning cold and certain. "They could be reconstructing the actual location her bond is connected to."
Wren, sitting nearby with Senna close beside her, w
