Tracking down the child beneath the blue blanket became Delphi's primary focus.

     He reached out to his fellow egri for any information any of them had concerning renegade Azurians.

     He commanded his guards and slaves to be on the lookout for anything Azurian, anything at all, with special attention paid to anything like a blue blanket. Indeed, if anyone actually spotted the blue blanket, he wanted it reduced to atoms on the spot. 

     He also had every atom of the second security guard taken apart and minutely examined.

     He kept more than his usual focus on each of his cameras. The moment he saw the young woman, he intended to concentrate every resource at his disposal to track her down and wipe her out.

     That's one thing Delphi was able to glean from the footage he had from the second killing, that the child under the blanket was female.

     And that second guard's twitching...

     There had been no physical contact between the guard and the blanket, and yet...

     A telepathic attack, Delphi thought.

     Which confirmed his suspicion that the figure under the blanket was Azurian, because the Azurians were telepaths. That's how they communicated.

     Good. 

     Delphi had the ability to read and track telepathic emanations.

     Show yourself, little Azurian child, he thought. I want this over with quick.

     And, while he waited, Delphi intended to decipher and read a telepathic emanation so powerful and horrible his security guard felt he had no choice but to beat himself to death.

     Then, 

     "Grelock is here."

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