Reign received an unexpected visitor. The Shadow Alpha himself, arriving at her northern outpost alone and unarmed. "This is either very brave or very stupid," she said, ice forming around her hands instinctively. "Or I have information you need to hear." He held up empty hands. "Just talk. No tricks." She gestured to the frozen wasteland around them. "Talk fast." "The Council loyalists are planning something catastrophic. Not just another attack. Something that could destroy everything we've built." He pulled out documents. "I've spent years infiltrating their networks. What I found is worse than I imagined." Reign scanned the papers. Detailed plans for simultaneous attacks on multiple cities. Assassination lists that included the entire triumvirate. Supply line disruptions. p******

