"The Continent of Southeland." Aurora Sinclair held the phone a little further away.
Even without speakerphone, Flora Guthrie's booming voice was loud enough for everyone in the room to hear clearly.
"What are you doing in that backwater? On a charity mission?"
At these words, Augustus Colby and the four Elders flushed with embarrassment and lowered their heads.
Their Southeland Branch's performance was always last in The Phantom Trove. They got scolded by the Grand Elder of the West Pavilion from headquarters every time.
Aurora Sinclair didn't dare mention she'd been ambushed, fallen into the sea, and then swam in the wrong direction, accidentally ending up on the Continent of Southeland.
She sidestepped the issue, replying, "I'm hiding from people from The Shadow."
Flora Guthrie's expression tensed. "You ran into them?"
"Yes."
"Put someone on the phone... Wait, let me look through the list for Southeland..."
