Though he had urged her to return to sleep, Eve found herself unable to do so.  Slowly, she sat up and pulled her legs up to her chest, listening as her husband called one of his colleagues.   In the quiet of the room, she could make out most of what the DMS agent on the other end said to Casey and all of what Casey himself said.  When he mentioned that the blood tether he had formed was broken, Eve felt an odd dread bloom in her chest.  At first, she was sure the DMS had gotten to the Rachlings but then his contact confirmed they had not found them yet.<br/><br/>She waited until Casey had hung up the phone and then reached toward him, to take it back.<br/><br/>"What does a Code 9 quarantine mean?  Something more than just regularly creepy Rachling blood?"  She asked.  Eve let the details they had just learned sink in fully.  "Matthias basically ruined his whole life trying to come after you...I can't believe this is already over."  Maybe she couldn't believe it, because of the nagging feeling in her stomach that it wasn't.  That something more waited for them in the darkness and she did not want to get comfortable only to have it emerge again.<br/><br/>"I don't think we should go back into the city....Not yet."