Jared dropped the cup and grabbed his head in his hands. "I don't." He growled, pressing his palms against his temples as if his head were about to split open. “When he mentioned nightfall, everything… it all hit me at once. I can't remember much, but the feeling… I know…”

Myla sat beside him, wrapping her arms around him. “Just calm down. Why don’t you start by telling us what that operation is.”

For several moments, he said nothing. 

Then he took a long, ...