"That's what I get for sleeping in," Adam said. Somehow, all of his shock had translated into a mess of understatement.

There was a cup of coffee waiting for him, covered by a coaster to keep it lukewarm. In the back of his mind, Adam puzzled over the mundanities while he tried to accept that this was real. At the moment, it was easier to puzzle over who had had the foresight to buy coasters among them. Too much of that and they would look civilized.

"I was scrying for Persephone," he said at last. "That's where I left from. Ronan was here already. You and Ronan."