Damon was on his feet, Stella beside him, even as I lashed out with the gathered power I'd collected from the Black Soul attacks. The room went from quiet conversation to oppressively tense in about a half a second, though I moved through it easily, heading right for the leader of the invaders.

Haskell must have known something wasn't right, because before any of us could reach him he and his people were diving through a tunnel and out of sight, the end snapping closed before ...