The Obsidian Council summons arrived at 10:17 a.m., delivered by a black-suited courier who refused to step past the mansion's front gates.
Raven stood in the war room when the sealed black envelope was handed to Vincent. The heavy wax seal bore the intertwined obsidian rings of the Five Great Families. She recognized it instantly—the same symbol that had hung over every Caruso strategy meeting she'd ever been forced to attend as a silent shadow.
Vincent broke the seal with a flick of his thumb and scanned the single sheet of thick paper. His expression didn't change, but Raven caught the faint tightening at the corner of his mouth. The only tell she'd learned to read in him so far.
"Obsidian Council emergency session." He announced it to the room. "Tonight. Neutral ground at the Eclipse Tower. All five bosses required, plus one Guardian representative each."
