I followed the trail of distorted space Dean left behind and stepped through the final ripple.
The council district disappeared.
For a brief moment, all I saw was shifting silver light before the world settled around me once more.
The first thing I noticed was noise.
Not the noise of battle, training grounds or military activity.
The noise of people living. Conversations drifted through the air from every direction. The second thing I noticed was size. I had expected a family compound.
Perhaps a large estate.
Maybe several connected residences belonging to different generations.
What spread before me was something else entirely.
