KIRA

She arrived on a Tuesday with no warning and three words.

The border guard's message reached us mid-morning while we were in the war room with Marcus going over the extraction timeline. Dante read it first, his expression doing the careful controlled thing, and then passed it to me without comment.

Woman at the gate. Says she's the Luna Queen's sister. Demands entry.

I read it twice. Set it down.

"That's not possible," Dante said.

"We planned for this. Silas raised a twin." I kept my voice ...