It took Emery an entire day to bring the five prisoners under control and ensure they understood their new positions.
He used the time to study each of them more closely.
Number Seven had the appearance of a woman in her twenties, her short blonde hair framing a face marred by grotesque burn scars around her right eye. Without those scars, she might have been quite beautiful. Number Nine looked even younger, almost like a teenager, though his cold eyes and expression gave him an unusually mature air. Despite their youthful appearances, both were over two hundred years old. Skilled in Shadow Laws and various techniques of concealment and infiltration, they were exceptionally well suited for covert operations.
