She didn't move. Didn't even blink.
"You made me spend a good amount of my power, Evan," she said, her voice flat and controlled. "Getting you out of that realm wasn't easy."
My jaw tightened.
"Silk," I said immediately. "Who is she?"
She ignored the question like I hadn't even spoken.
"You've been penalized," she continued. "I came here to inform you. Nothing more."
"Penalized?" I repeated, frowning. "For what?"
"Goodbye, Henrik."
And just like that, she was gone. No flash, no sound. One second she was there, the next she wasn't. I stared at the spot she had been standing in, my mind trying to catch up.
"What the fuck?"
Penalized? For what, exactly? Because I saw Silk? Because I got too close to something I wasn't supposed to understand? The way both her and Dierella reacted back there… yeah, they were scared. Not annoyed, not irritated. Actually scared.
That alone told me enough.
Then the system flickered into view.
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Evan Marlowe [Level 21]
