Edric did not use the word surveillance.
He asked Isolde Fenn to verify.
The distinction was administrative rather than moral, and Isolde had worked beneath him long enough to understand that administrative distinctions were the ones he valued most.
“The final vote requires stability,” he said. “I need to know whether the collaborator is creating irregular contact between departments.”
Wren Calloway had become the collaborator in every document Edric expected someone else to read. In private, he used her name only when the name itself served a purpose.
“What qualifies as irregular?” Isolde asked.
Edric closed the strategic continuity binder.
“Unscheduled meetings. Access outside her designation. Contact with Dusk representatives, council members, or security personnel without a docu
