He met Rael at the private room behind the material exchange that the house used for business conversations. Not the main booth—a back room, a table, two chairs. No house mark on the walls. The only indication that Thornwood had anything to do with the space was the quality of the furniture, which was the subtle quality of things bought well rather than things bought expensively.
Rael set a bound document on the table. Not thick. Thirty pages, perhaps. The house seal on the front and below it, in smaller text: Archive Classification — Sovereign Resonance Documentation. Pre-Guild Record.
He did not open it. He left it on the table and looked at Kai.
