Chapter 38 Certainty

• Wren didn't beat around the bush when she called two days after the Council session.
• "I have an answer," she said the second Emily picked up. "Both of you, come to the shop. Now. Given everything that's happened, you'll want Kael with you when I tell you."
• The shop felt different in the daylight. It was still cluttered and strange, but the soft, amber glow from their first visit was gone. Now, it felt clinical and stark. Books were splayed open across every flat surface, the kind of mess that only comes from days of desperate, focused research.