Chapter 63: Hello, New Neighbor

Celia Greaves shot Quinn Letherdale a look. "All right. Go upstairs and sleep." Quinn Letherdale yawned, hair sticking up in every direction, and trudged up the stairs. Celia tore open the delivery package. Inside sat a silver metal case. After she scanned her fingerprint, the latches clicked open. Nestled within was a piece of precision equipment, the kind that didn't advertise its purpose at a glance. At its center lay a square of silver metal, thin as paper. Celia powered the device on, adjusted...