“Enough!” I shouted. I hadn’t really expected it to work. But for some reason, Richard, Vihaela, Alma, and Druss all stopped and looked at me. It caught me off guard but I plunged forward. “Everyone here shares some blame for this,” I said, my voice hard. “In fact, by my count, the only ones in this room who haven’t contributed one way or another to Anne’s current situation are Tenebrous and those four mantis golems.” “I didn’t—” Sonder began. “You provided the evidence that got her arrested. Now, we can sit around this table arguing over whose fault this is, or we can decide what to do.”
