8: Brice
Brice
The officers led Brice through the town to their headquarters, a plain building that could just as easily have been offices or a residential. They took him to the side-entrance, a small door down a few steps.
That was the instructions Shani had received—don’t bring the vagrant in through the front, don’t make a scene. When Shani questioned the order—phrased it as a request for confirmation, because she was smart, didn’t want to argue even though she felt something was off—her supervisor told her the orders came from above.
From Kaiahive. Because the agents still followed. Because who else would ultimately run security in a small town like Padag?
There was another officer behind the door—male, dressed in protective clothing that included a visor, had an Ambrus cr
