The Map

Zoe led him a few doors down and into a large bright space with rows of white desks—all of them empty except one.

"Kai," Zoe called to a mess of black hair and headphones bowed behind a computer screen. Black eyes rose behind the illumination of artificial light and promptly went wide upon seeing Graeme. The male lycan jolted up awkwardly behind his desk before pulling his headphones down.

"Graeme, this is Kai. He handles the tech side of everything we do," Zoe chirped.

Kai gave a stiff, unsure bow as if he didn't know what greeting was expected of him. Graeme responded with a silent nod.

"Kai is responsible for this beautiful live display," Zoe explained, gesturing to the side wall behind her. "It's what Andreas is most proud of."

At first glance, the black wall appeared to be a display of a starry night sky. But then Graeme noticed dark gray outlines that traced a splayed map of the globe with a side row of squares—each a magnified section of a different area.