Chapter  361

XENOIS The war room----which was really just my study with extra chairs crammed in----was packed with every important person we could gather on short notice. Zade sat at my right, looking exhausted but focused. Lumina was at my left, taking notes on everything being discussed. Carol, Marcus, Thorne, Rivers, Lyn, and Lynn filled the remaining seats, with a few others standing along the walls. Spread across my desk were the documents my parents had stolen from Jerome's planning room. Lists of names, territories, dates. A comprehensive map of coordinated attacks targeting progressive supernatural leaders across the entire western region. It was worse than we'd thought. "This isn't just revenge," I said, studying the documents for probably the twentieth time. "This is a systematic attempt to eliminate anyone pushing for change. Anyone advocating for integration, for breaking down old hierarchies, for accepting previously marginalized supernatural groups." "Jerome didn't just target you bec