Volmer's office at eleven-thirty had more people in it than William had seen there before.
Morris was there, standing to the left of the desk with the professional composure she always had and an additional quality underneath it that he was learning to read as her managing something that required management. Henrik was present as well, seated in one of the visitor chairs, his cast freshly wrapped, his expression that of someone who had been briefed on this meeting's purpose and had decided it was worth leaving the medical wing two days early for.
Seraphina was already there when William arrived, standing near the window in the position she always found in rooms she was uncertain about, which gave her both light and an unobstructed sightline to the door. Kai was beside her, which was its own kind of statement — Kai in a room he hadn't been summoned to, present because the situation warranted it and he had determined that.
