LEO Juno had coffee waiting when we got back. Nobody spoke for the first few minutes. Rafe cleaned the cut above his eye. Maya sat on the floor with her knees pulled up, staring at nothing. The two fighters we'd brought dropped into chairs and stayed there. I stood at the map. "How long until the ceremony?" I asked. Juno checked her screen. "Magnus moved it to six a.m. That's—" She looked at the clock. "Four hours and twelve minutes." "Where is it being held?" "The Council Chamber. Main Redline Complex. It's the most secured building in the territory." "How secure?" "Leo." Rafe's voice had a warning in it. "How secured, Juno." Juno pulled up the schematics on her tablet. "Twelve exterior guards. Internal security teams on every floor. Biometric locks on the chamber itself. And M

