“I’m still in Sommerst,” Lucius answered. “I have the key.”
“That’s the least of our worries,” Calliope was saying. “Rick’s last assignment had a bit of an unexpected turn. We have a problem.”
“How so?”
“The new kid. Ethan.”
“What about him?” Rick waited for Calliope to answer, the silence deafening. “Cali, are you there?”
“He’s a Fifth, Lucius,” Calliope finally said.
“So? That’s actually a good thing.”
Calliope went silent again, and then said, “He’s their Fifth. And he’s broken out.”
Lucius hung up and ran to his car.