Leading the way into his office, so that Lexi Denver would not befall a terrible fate, Ikenna left the door open and took a seat behind his plain desk. There was one new addition to the mysterious frame facing his chair; a handsome pair of sunglasses hanging off the corner.

Gevrik planned to wear them the next time he saw Andrina.

He settled into his chair and rested his folded hands upon the table top, waiting for the child who had approached him to speak first.