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No Introduction NecessaryEveryone returned to the family room, irritated and unnerved by this new development. Douglas invited Katarina in, and she immediately began to scope the place out, like it was a museum of some kind. Terrence looked at her in wonder.
“Who is this Ocean woman?” he whispered to Jonah.
“I just told you, Terrence,” said Jonah, “she works for the Curaie.”
“Is she—” Terrence scrabbled for words, “is she—playing with a full deck?”
“Damned if I know,” muttered Jonah, flinging himself on the sofa. “All I know is that she is my age, a Purple Aura who prefers to be called a Gate Linker, and, evidently, quite blissful.”
Daniel alternated between tightly and loosely clutching an arrow. It was clear that Wyatt Faulk's—and by extension, Balthazar Lockman's—audacity real
