13
I pace the cold floor of a gray concrete room at the top of the tallest tower of the Spires. The room is windowless, but that will change once Walker returns with Dad. The Fealty Ceremony ended an hour ago, and my father asked to meet Lincoln and me here. He has something special to show us.
“Any ideas what your father’s up to?” asks Lincoln.
“None.” I stare at the concrete wall, watching the Group Think go by. It’s a lot of the practical side of having company in the Dark Lands.
GHT-1628: Picking up thrax from Pulpitum V.
KPO-12: Airspace access approved for Furor use in Sector Nineteen.
BQ-14: Janitorial detail to Sector Four.
A low-pitched hum sounds as a black door-sized hole appears in the center of the tower floor. A portal opens. Through that darkened shape steps my father
