The other skulkers left their places to join their partner in the center of the ring. The decker elf would be Sam’s buddy, Dodger. The other two she didn’t know, but as soon as she saw them plainly, she realized that she recognized them. They were the pair who had been leaving the Seelie Court as she had been entering. Was Lady Deigh running parallel teams, or were they the agents of some other power? Had the Lord Protector learned of his renegades? Whoever these runners were, they hunted the Hidden Circle as she did.