Book Five: Chapter 73

“You’re backup.” She let out a sigh. “You’re stuck here with me, and you’ll hate it. Will be very boring. But if something goes sideways, I need to know that I can depend on you to bail us out.”

Sofia nodded. “You can count on me.”

“Good.” Eulalie turned her eyes back to the monitor. Sulyvahn was in the backyard now, talking to Naia and Amymone. Soon she would have more drones and would be better able to monitor things from the sky. Even though the house was vulnerable, the web she was setting would catch anyone who tried to enter it.

Speaking of webs, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to set some literal ones of her own. She didn’t want someone breaking into the house and disrupting her surveillance. With a groan, she pushed away from the desk and rose to her full height. The nearby rats didn’t shy away from her but raised their beady gazes in curiosity.

It was going to be a long night.

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The forest below Abella was a sea of white and green, int