Carson seemed to be catching on, though. First, he stiffened in alarm and very nearly took a step back. Then he reconsidered and peered at Daniel with appropriately scientific caution and curiosity. “They went downstairs for some reason,” he tried. “I didn’t hear because I was in the shower.”
“Perhaps.”
“How could something have happened, though? I thought that was the whole point, that we were safe here from whatever the problem was…”
He trailed off, leaving Daniel wondering how much of any of it he really understood. Why, exactly, did Carson McFadden think he had been evacuated from England?
But he was right. There was no reason to think that something had happened. The French wizards were highly competent, and their building was close to impenetrable. At the very least, someone woul
