“The Gate is dormant,” I said, pointing at the screen. “Completely dormant. Since she entered the house, the ambient pressure from the Abyss has dropped by ninety percent. She isn’t just dampening us, Raiden. She’s dampening It.”
Raiden stared at the screen, his brows knitting together. “She’s locking the door just by being here.”
“Exactly,” I said. “She is the ultimate seal. As long as she remains in Grimstone Hall, the entities cannot cross. She’s the single most valuable tactical asset we have ever acquired.”
“Is that all she is to you?” Raiden asked quietly. “A tactical asset?”
I opened my mouth to say yes. To say that I was a man of science and she was a fascinating specimen. To say that I didn’t care about the way her pulse jumped under my thumb or the way her violet eyes looked
