She turned off the phone and let it dangle in her hands, staring down at the tiled floor. Max was due to pick her up soon after sundown.
Switching the phone back on, she dialed Max’s personal line. “Max? It’s Victory. Get everyone over here. We have more problems.”
Victory pushed open the library’s last window and paused to inhale a deep breath of fresh air. The one room in the manor house big enough to hold them all still felt unbearable when they all started yelling at each other.
Steeling herself, she confronted the room again. “You were wise to take this spot, Sethri,” she said to the lone figure in this back corner. “I’m inclined to stay out of this group’s way myself.”
The human head of Limani’s council patted the hand she placed on the back of the oversized armchair. He had clai
