The warning appeared while I was fastening my coat.
I let the loose button hang and read it without moving.
[ THE VILLAIN'S LEDGER - ALERT ]
SLOT #18: SERAPHEL ASSASSINATION ACCUSATION
STATUS: ACTIVE
WINDOW: NEAR
No face. No convenient name beneath the threat. The conditions I could read concerned an attempt against Seraphina and an accusation which would put me inside the same fatal sequence.
I had known a danger existed. Seeing its number did not tell me which person in a crowded court intended to make it real.
For a moment, I wanted to return to the notebook and work through every remembered version of the scene. Perhaps the right detail waited one page farther back.
Before you've finished solving it.
I reached for the button again.
