My magic danced under my skin, but my emotions were tempered by how warily Priya watched me.

"You shouldn't have to," I said. Priya had every right to set boundaries. "We had a deal, Levi, and it wasn't that you monopolize all her time." Was this his plan? Undermine me by taking my team members out of the picture?

"I allocated my resources to the most pressing threat," he said. "The legislation."

"The digital trail is dead," Miles said. "And overloading Priya to ...