Chapter Sixteen
Then I heard footsteps behind me. I looked over my shoulder to see Shade—who was rubbing her forehead like she’d smacked it against something—step through the doorway. She looked from Thaumaturge’s corpse, to the hole in the wall where I’d punched Sagan through, to Hopper lying on the floor crying his eyes out, and then at me with a very confused look on her face.
“Okay,” said Shade. “I’m not sure I want to know what happened here.”
“It’s a long, crazy story,” I said. “But all you need to know is that Sagan is dead. That means that Vision is no more.”
Shade sighed in relief. “What a relief. Cadmus will be very happy to learn about that.”
“I think everyone will be,” I said, turning to face her. “Vision has caused many people in this country a lot of trouble, including m
