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I shifted in my seat, restless I wasn’t a coh—but I wanted the back to the underworld or not?

Seconds were ticking down, and every one of those seconds could be the difference between life or death for Xero

“Without the school, we haven’t had enough trained fallen to co the upper hand, and it isn’t just attacks The fallen we’ve encountered appear to have been indoctrinated son, though we have yet to find where and how the infor spread”

“What kind of propaganda?” Toland asked

“Sa them that humans will never accept them the way that they are, that their real family is the fallen, and that the home they’ve alanted exists in the underworld They preach at us e apprehend the off this nonsense to anyone who’ll listen”

“Like Owen” I spoke up, desperate to speed this along “He was one of those guys who couldn’t get a girlfriend and joined a he-man woman-hater’s club online to co about it before he sent us to the underworld If Gavriel is looking for people to join his arreat place to start”

Dru contemplated that for a moment, then turned to Toland “His nue, even for the nu from here Did you encounter any information in the underworld to account for that?”

Toland gestured to uys “They spent several weeks out in the underworld They would know better than I”

Dru frowned disapprovingly—nice cover—and turned to us “Did you learn anything?”

“Yes” Kingston nodded “Gavriel is recruiting otherwise disinterested de to avoid the draft, so to speak The ru up for a one-last-strike kind of takeover”

The brown-haired Custodian rubbed a hand over histo need all the help we can get”

“All of our students now have real-world battle and survival experience,” Toland said “And I i to help”

“The fourth years,” Dru said, nodding “And third-year graduates, of course”

“All of the students,” Toland repeated fir front The professors and students all have plenty to offer This is an eency situation, and I believe it calls for flexible protocol”

Dru tapped his fingers on the ar his lips Then he pulled out his phone and held up a finger “I’ the home office,” he said “We’ll see”