"The implant," the woman says urgently. "Did it work? Did dying reset it?"

Nathan pulls out a scanner. Run it over my head. Watch the readout. "Yes. The neural implant registered complete system shutdown. Death. It's reset to factory default. They can't track her anymore. Not until it recalibrates, which takes at least twelve hours."

"Twelve hours," the woman repeats. "That's our window. That's when Seraphina attacks."

"Who are you?" I managed to croak. My voice sounds like gravel. ...