The Gathering Storm (The Midnight Oracle, #3)

They're being watched. And the watchers are comparing notes.

Kelly notices them first-cars that don't belong, phones that click at weird times, someone always half a block behind her. Then Detective Morrow shows up with a warning: powerful people have been asking questions about "the woman who always knows the answers."

James digs deeper and finds something terrifying: The Syndicate. Wealthy collectors who've formed a coalition, sharing information about every known dream walker in the country. They're not competing anymore. They're cooperating.

And they're planning a coordinated strike to take every bonded cat on the same night.

Luna shows Kelly dreams about other pairs across America-seven total, all in danger. A teenager in Seattle. An elderly woman in New Orleans. A firefighter in Boston. People who have no idea they've been marked for capture.

Elena drops a bombshell: she knows about The Syndicate because they took her dream walker thirty years ago. That's how Nephthys really died-in a lab, being studied. Elena's been waiting three decades for a chance at revenge.

The Network expands, reaching out to warn the other bonded pairs. They plan to strike first-break into The Syndicate's mountain compound, steal their files, burn their research. But when they arrive, Kelly discovers one pair has already fallen. The Seattle kid's in a psych ward, his mind shattered. His cat is gone.

The mission goes sideways. They get the files, start the fire, but they're discovered. Margaret takes a bullet protecting Isis. They barely make it out alive.

Back home, recovering, they realize they've won a battle but started a war. The Syndicate is wounded and furious. And The Network just inherited a list of forty-three dream walkers they now have to protect-before The Syndicate rebuilds and comes for all of them.

The storm is gathering. The hunt is spreading. And Kelly's about to learn that some enemies can't be stopped-only survived.