"Here. A progress log." She highlighted the most recent entry, dated three days ago.
Kane read the entry aloud, his voice dropping with each word.
ACQUISITION STATUS UPDATE:
Screaming Shard: SECURED
Whispering Shard: SECURED
Singing Shard: SECURED
Silent Shard: IN TRANSIT (Expected delivery: 72 hours)
Roaring Shard: LOCATION UNKNOWN
Kane's breath caught.
"He has three already," Rina whispered.
"Technically four," Kane corrected, his mind racing through calculations. "If the Silent Shard's delivery was expected seventy-two hours from three days ago, then it's already arrived."
Rina's fingers stilled on the keyboard.
"You're right." She pulled up a calendar overlay. "That timeline expired yesterday."
Kane paced, his tails flickering beneath his glamour.
"But wait—the real Screaming Shard is locked in Cyrus's vault. Elias only has the essence extracted from it."
