Another seventy-two hours passed before Perrault and the sentinels returned from the United States. By the time they arrived I didn’t need an update on what they’d been doing – their exploits had been splashed across the world news headlines.
It was another eventuality I suspected Perrault and the seven men hadn’t considered when they’d set out a few days ago, but in the modern world, with a mass of social media and everything being instantly captured on cell phones, it shouldn’t have come as a surprise. But I wondered what effect it would have on the ongoing fight against Lilith, and more importantly, I worried how the world would adapt to events as they played out.
What I did know from the news was that Lilith’s attempts to wreak havoc in San Francisco had been thwarted. Footage of the
