Kinza paced around the small hotel room she and Zaid had found on the other side of town. Zaid had insisted on choosing the shadiest place possible in hopes that Minesh and Kiaan wouldn’t be staying nearby. Zaid didn’t want to run the risk of the exiled Anunnaki detecting their Auras either, but Kinza thought he was being a little overcautious. There were two dilapidated twin beds, a single window looking out onto an alley, and she was pretty sure she had seen a rat in the bathroom earlier. their “Anything good?” she asked, peering over his shoulder. He had convinced the hotel staff—which was just a middle-aged man smoking a cigarette outside of the building—to let him use his laptop. Zaid was trying to find any information whatsoever on the building Vivienne’s office was in and whether t

