I gaped in shock, heart thudding painfully in my chest as Mom hissed in my ear, not composed enough to connect mentally.

"Did you know about this?"

I shook my head, mute, as Quaid walked past me dressed in an Enforcer robe, cuffs banded, not with blue, but with all the colors of magic. He came to a halt next to Femke who stepped out around the table to join him. Together they faced the crowd of whispering ...