Mom spun on the other side, eyes wide, waving at me with urgency while a crowd of Enforcers flanked her. Three familiar old faces, pinched in fury, stared at me through the wavering bubble. The board of governors had come, probably looking for Venner. Though, as far as I was concerned, he wasn't their problem anymore. If he ever was at all.

Damned witch politics.

Looked like it was frying pan to fire time.

Bring it.

I couldn't hear Mom through the barrier, ...