The meeting was over and everyone except for Christian was sitting around chatting about nothing in particular when the sound of hurried footsteps approaching from the hallway caught their attention enough to make Elliott pause mid-sentence, which was significant to Cadence. A few seconds later, the office door burst open and Brandon flew in, out of breath. “Why the hell isn’t anyone answering their IACs?”

“What are you talking about?” Cadence asked as everyone leapt to their feet. She’d been getting plenty of notifications all night from several different area leaders.

“What’s going on?” Aaron asked already standing in front of Brandon even though a nanosecond earlier he’d been all...