A live stream of local news coverage filled one corner, the sound turned low, and the rest was taken up with different websites. Behind our people stood Tenika Vasco, leader of the New York Renegades, a line of worry on her prominent forehead. Tonight, her many small braids were pulled from her face into a large black mass at the nape of her neck, and her dark clothing told me she’d come directly from staking out the Emporium compound.“Hey, Erin, we’re going to be on the news,” Jace said, looking up at me. “Or at least what happened at the hotel is going to be. They keep mentioning breaking news and live coverage before every commercial break.”“Great.” I really hoped they didn’t show any video feed of the attack.Tenika walked toward us, and it said something for my state of mind that I was glad she was too preoccupied to give Ritter the kiss she normally gave him on the mouth. She simply hit her fist with each of ours in the customary Unbounded greeting, dipping her head in acknowledgment.
