Somewhere between sleep and awake, something in my mind glimmered on the edges of soft lamp light. In Era's office. At the ball. Those had been keys on Era's desk. She had grabbed them when she thought I had seen them and threw them in a drawer. Era had keys to the Pause building. Of course she did.

I jerked upright in bed. I could make a copy of them somehow, there at her house, without her even knowing. Maybe? I'd have to call Derek later today to make that happen, apologize ...