He knew.
Not all of it, maybe.
Enough.
“Tower notice has been clarified,” he said.
My hand closed around my mother’s brooch.
Linden’s eyes met mine.
“Transfer at dawn.”
The words should have chilled me.
They didn’t.
There was no room left in me for cold.
“To Zenith Tower?” Caspian asked.
Linden inclined his head once.
Kieran made a sound under his breath.
“Naturally.”
Quill stepped into the doorway.
He didn’t enter the room.
Interesting.
“Until dawn,” he said, “you will remain under divided witness.”
“Divided how?” Caspian asked.
“Astra Verita and Caspian Ashford will remain here.”
The bond between us tightened.
Kieran’s head lifted.
Hale’s hand moved once at his side.
Quill continued, “Jonah Hale and Kieran Marsh will be held in adjacent rooms under Tower notice.”
“No,” I said.
The word came out before I decided whether it was smart.
Quill’s eyes moved to me.
“No severance will be attempted before review.”
“Separation is its own kind of severance,” I said.
“It is not against protocol.”
