Twice in a row he hadn’t obliterated any walls—maybe he’d finally learned something after all my fussing at him about putting holes in important structures with his warlock.
“I still don’t understand,” Larress admitted, still looking a little dazed after the warlock’s blast. “You mean to say you didn’t actually attempt to reach the communications relay?”
Hunter shook his head, still keeping an eye on Kojo. “I set a trap.”
“Ahh,” I added, understanding the meaningful glance he’d given me before he left. “You deduced that if you went to an unexpected doorway and the storm figure was waiting for you, it would be confirmation that one of us was controlling it.”
Hunter nodded. “And I was right. So, when I came back, I just needed you to tell me which console.”
“But Kojo and I were both wor
