I had a little less than 5 minutes to sum it all up—the short amount of time I spent with Mr. Farden that led to my spending the night at a High Council office. When I heard myself recount the stories out loud—Mr. Farden abducting me by making use of vines, agent Leigh being too calm, and agent Pally inadvertently giving out hints—I had to admit that it all sounded like a weird conspiracy theory. My sleep-deprived brain was probably the one to blame, but the more I spoke about how I arrived to my conclusion, the more I thought that maybe I was just overthinking things and being a little too paranoid.
Once I finished with my monologue, Gareth sat there with his eyebrows slightly furrowed as he stared at me in silence, further making me think that I sounded crazy.
“Please don’t tell me tha
