The team, plus Lex and Nina, gathered for breakfast in the mansion’s dining room, as it had the only table large enough to hold all eight of them.
“We’ll put any discussion about our plans on hold until after we’ve eaten,” Lex said firmly.
“Well, that’s going to make for a pretty quiet meal,” Felan retorted.
“We can talk about the state of the nation,” Nina replied, seeming quite serious. She laughed when he rolled his eyes. “Just kidding. Even I don’t want to go there.”
“How did all of you get together to begin with?” Dirk asked.
“As I told you,” Tonio replied. “Lex and the man he saved from a necromancer convinced the police commissioner to let Lex form a team of magic users.”
Lex nodded. “It took a hell of a lot to persuade him we weren’t crazy, but in the end he agreed it might b
