“Yes?” Isobel said, her eyes locked now on Case’s face as they walked.
“They’re alive.”
The girl’s eyes widened. “How can you know this?”
“My Voice told me,” Case said. Telling the truth—by telling a lie.
Telling the truthby telling a lieTears brimmed in Isobel’s eyes, but then she drew herself up, tall and proud. She gave a nod to Case. “Thank you. I never gave up hope for them.”
Case wanted to ask about the Watchers. If the women were searching for the Chakana, why follow Will? The Chakana had still been locked in Adi’s safe. How did they know he had anything to do with it? And was it their choice to search, or had someone here sent them? Were they a threat? Or did they want his help? And how had they found him in Dream?
But she saw no way to ask those questions without revealing W
