Lillian told me about Theo on a Wednesday morning, sitting in the medical room after the twins' monthly check, with the particular expression of someone who has been carrying a piece of information for longer than is comfortable and has finally decided the carrying is more effort than the telling.
She waited until I had resettled Sera in the carrier and Caden had taken Aldric back toward the nursery. Then she said, "I need to tell you something."
"All right," I said.
She smoothed the front of her uniform, which did not need smoothing. "There is someone," she said. "A man from the third network pack. Theo. We have been spending time together for the past two months and I think it is..." She stopped. Started again. "I think it is something."
I looked at her.
"I know," I said.
She stare
