Jonah shook his head. “But India…Charlotte…Wyndam…the bodies. They were shot—”
“You only saw what Auric Shielding allowed you to see, Jonah,” said Creyton.
“Why did you have to kill them?” Jonah had to ask. “Gamaliel, G.J…I mean, if you were going to start a war, why not watch them fall then?”
Creyton snorted. “How considerate of you, Rowe,” he said. “But they were merely ingredients for war. Even Langton's death was a great element. It hooked you even further into my goals. On top of that, they served as forty-seven, forty-eight, forty-nine…”
For some reason, Jessica smirked. Creyton looked her way.
“And fifty,” he finished. “The Lifeblood Loophole. I have achieved what no one could achieve. Praeterletum. Back from the dead. Not as a wraith. Not as a walking corpse, nor as a revenant
