CHAPTER 185 — WHEN CONTROL SLIPPED
Something changed in the room, not loudly, not in a way anyone could immediately point to, but in a way that settled into the air and refused to leave. Elena felt it before she could explain it, a quiet shift that pressed against her awareness and made everything that had just happened feel heavier than it should. The sequence had completed perfectly, too perfectly, and that was exactly why it felt wrong. Not because of an error, but because there had been no need for correction at all.
