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"Can we use the arch to get inside?" Adam asked

Shelton shook his head "The trailer is identical to every other one like it You remember what happened last time we didn’t have a precise location" He looked toyou do?"

"Similar issue I have to see my destination," I said "Otherwise, my mom could probably escape on her own"

"Once the Conroys move to the new house, we should be able to raid their old one," Adae and find traces of blood"

"But, whose blood will they use?" I asked

"I’d be willing to bet Jeremiah’s," Shelton said "But Arcanes like hi around for his rivals to get hold of You can do some nasty stuff with soic disposal to get rid of loose hairs and that kind of stuff"

"Back to square one," I gruree," Adaet the blood First, though, we need to knohose blood"

Shelton pursed his lips "Yeah, I suppose you’re right" He threw up his hands "I’irls are off on their little mission"

"We don’t have to wait," I said "Elyssa asked me to help with a diversion to draw the Darkwater people away fro "I assume we’ll use the oota" I said

"Why there?" Adaota, Kassus’s people will have to use the Obsidian Arch in La Casona to get there," I said "As the Templar commander in Colombia, Christian Salazar has the authority to shut down the arch and keep the Darkwater people fro to Atlanta anytime soon"

"Oh, I see" Shelton clapped , man"

"Elyssa and her creill need to use the oht to open a portal inside Darkwater," I continued, trying not to smile to broadly at Shelton’s cohan here to reopen a portal for us so we can get the hell out of Bogota once Kassus and his cre up"

Adam took out his phone and tapped on the screen "I’ll text her about it"

"This is gonna be fun" Shelton pursed his lips "Why don’t we use this opportunity to aood?"

Adam’s eyebrows shot up "You really want to ambush that , but this guy knows all the tricks"

"And ic is unpredictable at best," I added "Do you really think we can catch this guy off guard? Besides, he won’t be alone if we do our job right"

Shelton ht It’d just be nice to have this reed," I said "But we aren’t ready to take him on just yet"

He nodded "True" Stretched, and stood "Well, at least on’t have to storhold to rescue your onna study these seure out a weak point"

Adahan, so I contacted Christian and asked for his help in shutting down the Obsidian Arch in La Casona once I drew threw Kassus’s men

"I can do that," he said after I explained the situation

"Any tips for hijacking an arcane prison truck?" I asked

"Tee," he said "Your best bet is to disable the escorts first, and use them to block the truck Don’t let the size of the semi-truck fool you, either It ines are ically enhanced for extra speed if it needs to escape"

"Anything else I should know?"

Christian paused a moment "The doors are always blood sealed Protocol demands the sealer not acco a vial of blood in another secure location should soue operation, I doubt they’ll follow protocol and set aside a blood vial This means you’ll need to secure the blood from the person who sealed it"

"Isn’t there soency?" I asked "Like a ic word?"

There was no hesitation in Christian’s answer "Without the sealer’s blood, no, I’ evenI saolike this before, and te didn’t have nearly as ht We’d need to neutralize the escorts instantly, leaving only the semi-truck to deal with

I sketched scenarios on an arctablet, straining ination to cohly-skilled battlethem I didn’t even knohat kind of escorts to expect Would they be in norht they utilize aircraft? Teuised as helicopters, and I had no doubts Darkwater had access to all sorts of gadgets, ood leader is knohen you don’t know jack