(Luna)
I spend most of the next morning turning over everything Kael told me: the gateway, the old Emberwolf stories, the certainty that whatever's happening down in the Undercroft isn't happening on its own. By the time lunch rolls around, I've decided I'm done trying to carry this alone. Whatever's coming through those cracks, whoever's helping it along, I'm not going to figure it out by myself in the dark, and I'm tired of pretending I can.
I find Sage first, because Sage is always first. She doesn't even blink when I lay it all out.
"Obviously I'm in," she says, matter-of-fact, already sorting through her satchel. "Somebody's got to keep everyone patched up when this inevitably goes sideways."
The Twins are next. Ash grins before I've finished explaining.
"You had us at gateway to
