Time/Date: TC1853.01.23 — Evening into night
Location: Long Estate → Seer Tower→ Radiant Temple
The SIS containment team arrived in three unmarked vehicles that looked innocuous enough—standard civilian transports with tinted windows. But the spiritual pressure that radiated from them made Kael's cultivation sense prickle with awareness. These weren't ordinary enforcement officers.
Drax emerged from the lead vehicle first. Tall, broad-shouldered, with the kind of presence that suggested he'd broken stronger people than you without particularly noticing. His gray eyes swept the Long Estate's courtyard with professional efficiency, cataloguing exits, structural vulnerabilities, and defensive positions in the time it took most people to blink.
Behind him came forty agents, each carrying specialized equipment cases marked with Sanctum seals.
"Lieutenant Holt," Drax said with crisp military precision. No wasted words. No unnecessary pleasantries. "Status?"
