He arrived at 14:23 on a Wednesday, which was significant because nobody arrived at Site B unannounced on a Wednesday or any other day.
Cass sent the signal first, two taps on the drainage pipe that ran through the ceiling, the code they'd established the first week for *someone at the back entrance who didn't come through the front market.*
Kael was on his feet before the second tap finished.
Aiden was already at the map, chalk in hand, and he set it down without hurrying, which meant he was hurrying internally and had decided not to show it.
Rell closed his notebook.
Nia moved to the east wall without being asked, the position that covered the stairs and the back exit simultaneously, the one she always took when the room needed someone who could move in two directions at once.
Tal and Suri exchanged a look and split without a word, Tal to the sensor rig, Suri to the secondary entrance.
Thirty seconds from signal to position.
They'd gotten faster.
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