The invitation arrived with a physician’s seal on the outer envelope.
For a moment Eli thought it concerned one of the patients. He broke the fastening before noticing the Aegis crest pressed into the paper beneath it. The letter offered a private inspection of the reservoir materials, conducted by accredited experts in a protected facility. A medical adviser would attend to prevent unnecessary distress to bereaved families.
He read the final line twice.
Acceptance was requested before the third afternoon bell.
The second bell was already fading over the roofs.
Tessa took the letter from his hand. “They sent it through a clinic runner.”
“So we’d open it.”
“So the runner would be waiting while we decided.”
