The silence over the Faction comms stretched for a long and agonizing moment.
Aria stood right in the center of the penthouse. The golden light of the new sky cast long shadows across the pristine marble floor.
Her heart hammered against her ribs. The sheer magnitude of the secret she had just uncovered threatened to suffocate her completely!
"Hana. Sia." Aria spoke.
Her voice was completely stripped of its usual flustered anxiety. She did not even look at them and kept her gaze fixed on the towering silhouette of the Spire in the distance.
"I need you two to step out into the hallway and secure the primary elevator shafts. I must run a Level 2 diagnostic calibration with the Commander. It requires an entirely closed audio network."
Sia Vance did not question the order at all. As the Vanguard, she recognized the absolute and unyielding authority in the Priestess's tone.
She merely nodded and hoisted her massive obsidian shield.
