I'd been in Hong Kong already, but this was different. Official. I clenched my gray hands together, feeling the scales rise to prominence on the surface as I collected my power and expected the worst. Stepped out of the veil with my three loved ones around me.

Waited for the fireworks as the tall, slim blonde with the ice blue eyes looked up from her desk with shock and stared.

And stared.

No explosion. Just a slow, ...