"Why are they sending us back?" Theon complained while stuffing gear into his storage ring.
Cassian didn't answer right away. The others had already paused what they were doing, all of them looking at him. No one wanted to leave—not when the real fighting was here, not when progress was finally being made on the battlefield. Even the mages felt it.
Wanni frowned slightly. "Is it another mission?"
Cassian let out a slow breath and nodded. "Yeah. Sort of."
He glanced around, then his tone sharpened just a bit."But before anything else—put up privacy spells."
That alone told them this wasn't a normal reassignment.
Wanni finished setting the privacy spell, the air around them sealing off.
Cassian didn't drag it out. "You all know I was spying on the cult," he said. "They want me to keep doing that. And on top of that, I'm supposed to help you infiltrate their ranks too."
That was it. Straight to the point.
