How had the news story about the fire gotten to Rafe’s palm so quickly? The current time was even before the publication time on the article. The news story couldn’t be released. Who had written it so quickly? And how, exactly, had the commandos and their execution of the women been excluded from the report? There had been no lightning in the area, contrary to the report. If nothing else, the report gave Rafe new strength. He ran with renewed vigor, dread growing in his gut. Someone was using the remote location of the Citadel to manipulate and manage information about what had happened there. He understood that there would be no inquests into the deaths of the Daughters and the acolytes, no investigation, no record of the explosions or the murders. He understood that he and Delilah a

