Zayne nodded as he lifted the phone to his ear. As he spoke to Roth, I quickly finished the braid I was trying to tame my hair into. It was uneven as Hell, but it would keep my hair out of my face. I tried to not get too excited about the news, because who knew what we’d find when we got there, but the senator could tell us where the Harbinger was. He could tell us what the Hell the Harbinger was planning and could tell me what Misha had said—

No.

It didn’t matter what Misha had said, or why he’d done what he did. I had to let that go, because finding out was not the priority here.

I exhaled roughly, dropping my hands as Zayne hung up. “Roth isn’t available, but he’s sending Cayman over. He’s going to meet us there.”

“Awesome.” I wondered what Cayman would be wearing today. “The plan?”

Zayne headed to the island, where a small pouch of keys resided. “We get in and we make him talk, one way or another. Find out where the Harbinger is staying and what’s going on with the school.”

“And if he doesn’t talk?”

Zayne dumped out the keys as he peered through his lashes. “Humans are...fragile, Trin, and from what I’ve learned, humans who conspire to do evil are always the weakest, because it’s the inherent weakness that led them to do evil. Find the weakness and exploit that. They’ll spill the tea faster than an anonymous Twitter account.”

I cocked my head. “You’ve had experience, haven’t you? Making humans talk?”

“I have. I didn’t enjoy it, but I’ve done it and will do it again without hesitation.”

Surprise flickered through me as I tried to imagine Zayne threatening a human with violence and maybe even carrying through with the threat. I couldn’t see it.

“I can tell you’re surprised.” A wry grin appeared. “There’s a lot you don’t know, Trin. I’ve told you that before.”

He had. “I didn’t think you meant that you were secretly a master interrogator.”

“All of us are trained to get necessary information,” he explained, and I knew that, but this was Zayne. “Why do you think I wouldn’t be?”

“I know you’re trained, but I’m just surprised that you...that you would, because you’re... I don’t know. You’re inherently good.”

Zayne’s pale gaze was piercing. “No one is inherently good, especially not Wardens.”

My stomach hollowed. “Thierry basically said I was, and that was why he believed I wouldn’t turn like...like Sulien.”

“We don’t know enough about Sulien to know why he’s the way he is, and while I agree that you have nothing to worry about, neither you nor I are inherently good.”

“You’re right,” I said after a moment.