EZEKIEL When I get home, I don't waste a second, I head straight for the communication room. The guards I pass stiffen, their eyes widening in shock. No doubt word of my sudden return hasn't had time to spread. I push open the door and step inside. Caelum, Kevin, and Jeremy are gathered around a sleeping figure, their attention fixed so completely on her that they don't notice me at first. Daphne is slumped in a chair, the receiver clutched tightly in her hand. Kevin leans forward, trying to ease it from her grip, but she stubbornly holds on. "I told you... Ezekiel is coming." She murmurs, words slurred with exhaustion. "He's going to call me." Her eyes flutter closed again. "We need to get you back to your room." Caelum says quietly, but Jeremy notices me and straightens. His sharp

