Chapter 8Koyah power walked into the council offices, giving an acknowledging nod to the assistant at the front desk as they nodded her past security. The call she’d gotten had asked her to come to Martin’s office on a matter of urgent importance, and it had set her mind spinning with possibilities.
She noticed Elise was not at her usual desk in the outer office, and her concern deepened. There were only a few things which would demand an urgent, private meeting.
Knocking on the door to the inner office, Koyah shifted nervously from foot to foot until she heard Martin’s reply a moment later.
“Come in!”
The sight of Abigail standing next to Martin’s desk, and the sober look on his face made icy fingers grip her heart as she slowly walked inside, pulling the door shut behind her. “Abigai
