"Sir."
The interruption was so quiet that several people continued reading their reports.
The young officer remained by the door, waiting.
Lucien looked up first. "What is it?"
"We've received reports from Quinn's."
The officer held a tablet in both hands. There was something in the way he stood that caused others around the table to lift their eyes as well.
"A beast attack is currently underway."
Nobody reacted immediately.
Incidents of that sort arrived every day.
Most were intercepted at the front lines, where the Defense Forces managed to hold back the larger movements.
But others were already elsewhere, scattered across the continent and difficult to account for.
Some moved through the water, unseen until they surfaced. Others traveled beneath the ground, appearing only when they were already too close to be stopped.
