Sebastian Moran woke from a sound sleep to the sharp trill of his phone.
He groaned and pawed blindly at the bedside table, nearly fumbling the phone onto the floor. It automatically silenced itself from midnight to 0600; only calls from a handful of numbers were allowed to override that. Sebastian peered at the screen, squinting at the brightness in the dark.
Jay was calling him. He thumbed the “answer” button and put the phone to his ear with a sleepy, “Yeah?”
“Sebastian?” There was a tremor in Jay’s voice.
Sebastian’s eyes snapped open as he sat bolt upright in bed. “What’s wrong?”
“I need you.” The words were rushed and stumbling. “Help me.”
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