"A what?" Aris gasped out loud, taking a rapid step backward from the glass. "A Luminary? What does that mean?"

Ronan’s dark, predatory smile widened, his eyes practically glowing in the newly shadowed cell. He opened his mouth to answer, but before the telepathic connection could bridge the gap be

The rhythmic, mechanical chirp of a heart monitor was the first thing to pierce the dark haze of unconsciousness.

Aris Mercer opened her eyes, immediately squinting against the harsh, fluorescent lights of the Tartarus Blacksite medical bay. The sterile smell of iodine and ozone filled her nostril

The medical bay was suffocatingly quiet. Aris Mercer sat on the edge of the examination bed, her mind working through algorithms, probabilities, and risk assessments at lightspeed.

*Variable A:* Graves was initiating the Eclipse Harvest tonight.

*Variable B:* The extraction of the shadow-matter c