It didn't take Cable and Iso long to join me, though I emerged in the corridor from the kid's room just as they were opening the door. Instead of letting the already troubled transmuted latents overhear what likely would just upset them-I knew it was going to upset me and I was kind of free-I instead led the pair upstairs to my quarters.

Why wasn't it surprising to find Piers standing at my door, arms crossed over his chest, faint frown on his face, Damon and Stella lurking ...