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The next rooht contained a bed hite cons of habitation Fourthe closed one at the very end The room across from the first looked ht Twosounded in ht behind that door Ivy ht not even be here

I took a slow quiet breath to cal around his crib, I had no hope of leniency froency escape text on my phone for Shelton, ready to hit "send" in an instant should it be necessary so he could open the portal

I heard a change in the tone of conversation frorimaced Motioned back toward the stairs We crept to the balustrade and saw a third man If the number if wrinkles on his forehead were anypoint Unlike the others, he spoke just loud enough for us to understand

"You need to let us know if the oldanywhere," he said

"Are you crazy?" the man from the dossier--I remembered his name was Bob-- hissed "He said eren’t supposed to--"

The new man waved him off "Kassus said he’s senile Doesn’t knohat he’s doing"

"How does he plan to do it?" the secondto work"

The third ed "Says he has a plan Your part is sioes anywhere We’ll take care of the rest"

"Not good," Bob said "I’m scared of him"

The third man poked him in the chest "You should beme?" His face widened with fear "Jeremiah Conroy is way scarier"

"Just do it Kassus is convinced he can get past those hed, as if he wasn’t all that happy with the plan despite his outward bravado "Anyway, I got to go Do your job, or Kassus will have your head"

Elyssa and I shared concerned expressions The only thing thoseagainst Jere

"When?" asked the second ht, but soon," the third man replied in a harsh whisper "I’ll let you know" He turned and walked down the hallway, tohere I iined the kitchen was located

We listened to the two gets of infor off either of the powerful ht between I sure didn’t envy them We were just about to turn ahen one of theabout a break-in I touched Elyssa’s shoulder She stopped her backward momentum

"They think it was the Slade kid," Bob said "That’s how he figured out the route for the package"

"Makes sense," the other man said "They know he’s in Queens Gate Only a et hiave the other man a concerned look

"Don’t worry There’s a lot of us and only one of him"

"Only one? I heard he has Templar support, man" Bob shuddered "They disabled four escorts, hijacked a special transport, and air-lifted it away"

"Doesn’t ed "You can kill anyone if you surprise theht moment"