A strong wind swept through the vast *Erin's Canyon*. The person I encountered at the summit made me hesitate.

I knew that woman.

Danger.

Why?

I had just barely calmed Chris down, and I couldn’t risk showing her that I was interacting with another woman—especially someone I knew. My connection with *Skada* had ended when the sub-character raid team disbanded. There was no reason for us to get involved again.

*Click.*

I turned around, trying to quietly slip away from the high, open cliffside. But on this elevated ridge with no cover, there was no way Skada wouldn’t notice me.