KELLEN

I had just gotten off the phone with Lamia; she had linked me to see if I was available to talk. Of course, I always am for her. We could talk via link, but at our distance, it could be tiring to keep the conversation going, so we talked by phone.

She had called about Travis, our good friend from the academy, who is now known to have disappeared. We just assumed he was busy with Alpha duties, although it did strike us as strange when Alpha Greg and Beta Sam had said that ...