The intelligence came from three sources simultaneously.
Jamie's musician contacts had noticed a pattern: Circle-affiliated vehicles - black sedans with tinted windows, unmarked but consistent - made regular runs between the remaining Thresholds on a precise schedule. Every six hours, a convoy would depart from the industrial district warehouse, stop at City Hall and the old church, and return. The timing never varied.
Elena's journalist contacts had cross-referenced city maintenance records. The Circle was using mundane infrastructure - sewer access, utility tunnels, decommissioned transit lines - to move personnel and equipment between Thresholds without surfacing. They had built a literal underground network.
And Kiera's Ember Network scouts had confirmed the final piece: the Circle'
