The Shadows were finally beginning to gather something useful, actual leads that pointed toward this Claire woman instead of the usual dead ends and vague rumors. It wasn't much yet, just fragments that passed through the right channels, but it was still progress. At this point, even the smallest hint felt like a win.
Tracking her down, though, was a completely different problem.
For someone like her, someone with that level of reach and connections, disappearing wasn't even difficult. It was practically second nature. The more we learned about her, the more it became obvious that she had ways to stay hidden that normal people wouldn't even think of. Still, no matter how deep she buried herself, we had to find her. There wasn't really another option.
"She might be hiding underground, for all we know," Dorothea said, her tone casual, like she was just commenting on the weather.
