Page 32 of Fallen Heirs

I pushed it open the rest of the way and gestured for him to follow me inside.

As soon as he was in, I sealed it with my magic, then lit the space with another burst of my power.

The white walls of the room contained a single thing and Orpheus’ eyes went straight to it, widening in a mixture of surprise and wonder.

There would be a great deal of that as he came to learn about the innerworkings ofExemplar.

A mammoth white sphere levitated in the center of the space, lit up with a rainbow of magical sparks all over its surface area.

“TheEye of Intuitum,”I told him. “In essence, a globe representing the supernatural world. Green, orange, and red sparks signify an issue or threat that requires our attention, the colors identifying the degree and severity of each. This is what we deal with on a daily basis.”

“There are thousands of them.”

“Indeed.”

He studied it for several moments, then asked me, “And the black?Onyxalerts?”

“Yes. Currently those include Constantine, his acolytes, the remaining escaped prisoners we are still trying to track down, and upheaval from several factions in response to word being leaked of how close Constantine came to taking control. That’s why the compound is so quiet. All our members are currently deployed attending to theOnyxalerts, while we also have diplomatic forces on the ground seeing to the more standard situations.”

He walked around the sphere and I saw him notice the silver spreading through one area and knocking out severalalert sparksin the process. He looked out at me. “Is that—”

“Your father, yes. He’s offered his assistance while we’re struggling and reeling from the loss of Abigail.”

“How do you manage all of this, especially alongsideSabre Tech?”

“That’s what you’re here to learn, is it not?”

“What?”

“You want me to teach you.”

“I—”

“So you can do what you really desire here atExemplarand make an impact on the supernatural world, have the power to do so and to affect change, while also finding a way to share rule in the Dark Fae Realm so as not to disappoint your father with whatheneeds from you?”

He chuckled. “Fuck, you’re good.”

“Stick with me.” I stepped away from the sphere. “Come now, I have a lot more to show you.”

As we headed back out into the corridor, hope bloomed for the first time in a long time.

This was the start of a new day.

One that had the potential to fix everything.

Thank you, Abi.

Still safeguarding us, even though no longer with us.

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~Alena~

Orpheus jumped as he rematerialized via a cloud of teleportation outside the double entrance doors to the mansion and found me standing right there barring the way.

He tried to play it off, tossing one of his smirks out there and saying, “Well, it’s nice to be greeted when I return home.”

“Do I look like I waited out here to greet you?”

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