Mifa leaned back in Ayana's chair with a disgusted sigh. Things were not going well today. They had found their cultist, and Whitfield had a good idea of how to dismantle the summoning. However, Alastair had then come in, taken them from the case, their area, and rendered them useless. But why? Was he just trying to be protective of his old partner? Was he protective of Ayana? She didn't get it. Why would he have been so supportive of them being on the case in the beginning? Ayana had wanted nothing but to take her off the case since she was new to handle a non-human creature. Then to only turn around and take them off the case when they had started doing so well?