[i]"No, I don't know anyone here we could trust if they offered us shelter."[/i]

Kiara frowned as she finally regained her breath. The crackling energy in her palm was finally settling down, signifying to her that the Grand Summoning was over. Sighing, she leaned back and rested on a nearby wall.

“Then we have no choice. We can either attempt to run for the rest of our lives away from the Imperium…or we can try to fight back,” she said, giving the group a serious look.

Giltwith blinked.

“Fight the Imperium? With what? We lack an army, soldiers…and in any case, it’d only cause another Civil War. The public would explode with outrage.”

“Then what do you wanna do?” Kiara challenged. “At this point, I don’t think we have a choi-”

The door softly opened to reveal the manager from downstairs. The woman looked timid; her eyes were wide as she scanned all four of them with slightly narrowed eyes.

“I heard banging coming from here. Is everyone alright?”

Not too far away, Spencer was deposited from his portal and stood before his three fellow Imperators. Melody jumped back in surprise from the sudden arrival only to listen in closely to what he had to say.

“Guess who I just found?”

Spencer smirked happily.