Chapter 18 Vivienne Appears
- The glass doors of the courthouse shredded inward not by force, but by exposure.
- Lights flickered overhead as press flash began before she stepped into the rotunda. Cameras, phones, shouted names: Isolde Wrenleigh. Vivienne Wrenleigh. Host of Scarlet Arquebus or not.
- She stood still. Blade gone. Floor above silent.