Candice.
We walked into the command center and found it empty. I went straight to the main screen and pulled up the north border feed. Six people stood at the tree line, just watching.
"Recon," I said. "They're waiting for us. Let’s not make the first move."
Killian came over and stared at the screen with me. "They've been out there twenty minutes."
"They'll wait. Don't send anyone out," I told him.
He shot me a look, but I stayed focused on the screen.
We moved on to the patrol logs, cross-checking them with the border feeds. Around two, the group at the tree line drifted off. Everything got quiet again. I pulled up attendance records, and, instead of sitting across from me like he always does, Killian dragged his chair next to mine. We sifted through council meeting logs. No tal
