The drive back to the city was suffocatingly silent. I sat in the passenger seat, staring out at the blur of trees and streetlights, my mind working through tactical considerations with a clarity that felt both liberating and unsettling.
Kieran's mansion was in the Riverside District—old money territory with sprawling estates and minimal security cameras. The basement where he was holding Sarah and Sage would be warded against magical detection, but the Oracle's visions had shown me the layout. Three possible entry points, two escape routes, and...
"Luna."
I turned to find Dante watching me with an expression I couldn't quite read. Concern? Fear? Pain?
"Yes?" I kept my voice neutral, professional.
"You keep looking at me like you're trying to remember something."
I considered this. I
