The girl remained restrained between Ingrivid and Ester, but the surprise on her face disappeared quickly. She returned to a neutral expression, closing her eyes for an instant as she adjusted her posture. Damon noticed the effort. Seraphine would not have sent an unprepared agent to remain alone inside an enemy mansion. The girl had been trained to resist pain, poison, pressure, and questioning, but she had not expected him to identify the map's activation without touching it. That brief reaction had already given Damon something he needed: certainty that Seraphine did not know every limit of the Heavenly Ice Body.
"Ingrivid, check whether she has another containment mark," Damon said, keeping his eyes on the white plate. "I do not want to discover during the interrogation that her memories can be destroyed."
The agent laughed without humor as Ingrivid moved her away from the desk.
"You learned quickly for someone who spent half the year asleep."
