***Austin*** I hear a howl loud and clear while sitting there at the dinner table. Border alarm, Ollie immediately says. Fuck. This is NOT the evening for this, I reply. I cast my mind out to the patrols. What's happened? I ask broadly to them all. We have uninvited guests at the south border from Blackwater Eclipse. The beach. They request a meeting with you, one of our gammas tells me. I wonder why they've decided to swim over two miles across the sea to get here, as I clear my throat and wipe my mouth on my napkin. With Finn here, this is really not the time for this. I swiftly exit the room, sprinting off down the corridor to the front entrance. I hastily remove my clothes and exit the front door, immediately shifting into the hulking, golden form of Atlas. It takes us less t

