A month had passed since the Kruel incident.
And a lot had changed in that short time.
Saying things had returned to normal would be a fallacy. Far from it, things had changed. Most for good. Never to be the same again. Some for the worse.
Governor Sebastian had wasted no time implementing new security measures across the eastern cardinal. Within two weeks of the attack, he'd announced the formation of specialized task forces—vigilante groups, essentially, though nobody called them that officially. Independent operators who answered to factions, who in turn reported to the EDF. The idea was simple: create a network flexible enough to respond to threats faster than traditional military bureaucracy allowed.
Eclipse had been one of the first factions approached about the program. Sophie had accepted on Noah's behalf while he'd been dealing with other matters. The arrangement gave them additional resources and legitimacy, though it also meant more oversight and responsibility.
