The desk had been left unattended. The blonde that had been prowling the space like a dragon in her lair earlier had been completely absent from the room.

Moments after the bell at the desk was rung, a disc of brilliant white light tore open the empty air behind the desk. Illyana stepped through it, and the portal sealed as cleanly as if it never had been immediately behind her. "You rang," she told the thin, pale figure she did not recognize. It was not a question.