Traveling by night, it took Kateesha and Daniel a week to get to The Guild's fortifications in Iowa. Half brick, half wood, what would soon be a monstrosity was only partially finished. Kateesha could imagine the coming grandeur, but she didn't care. This was the third location since she'd come to the new country. It would move again.

Though the last move had come from New York to Massachusetts by order of their masters across the sea, this one had been Malick's choosing. "A ...