Cade sat up straighter as he listened to Adrian, his expression growing more forbidding by the moment. "Are you saying Chambers caught one of them to experiment on? You didn't leave it alone with him, did you?" Because while Cade hadn't held back while fighting the living inferi off, self-defense was completely different from strapping one down to do all sorts of things to it.
But from the sound of it, what was done was done. Cade glowered at Adrian. "I didn't know about the portkeys, but that certainly makes clear that someone arranged this whole thing. To what purpose, though? General mayhem?" He doubted it. The forethought required for something like this spoke of rational planning. He made a mental note to scour the papers and reports that came in that day to see if something had gotten overlooked in all the excitement.
As for Gaskin not trusting Chambers, Cade only grunted. Anyone would be a fool to trust Chambers and Gaskin was certainly no fool. Hard-nosed, but no fool. "If Gaskin wants to know something, he'll find a way to know it."