And for the first time, she saw it.
Really saw it.
Her face went pale.
A beautiful, expensive, terrified pale.
“What is that?” she asked.
“A camera.”
Her hand tightened around the capsules.
“How long?”
“Long enough.”
Behind me, footsteps pounded up the stairs. Marcus appeared first, having followed me from Horizon. Behind him came two security guards from the gatehouse.
“Sir?” Marcus said.
“Take Julian,” I said without looking away from my mother. “Carefully.”
Sophie clutched the baby instinctively.
