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Her voice trailed off Her shoulders shook as she tried to contain her grief, and Henriksen put a coht Henriksen had killed hi," Henriksen said "And if I had, ould I have done such a grisly job of it and then left him out in public in a way that would cause such an uproar?"

Drake hated to say it, but someone had to "It’s a fair point"

Jada looked at hiht I’m not convinced Henriksen would’ve let his secret project fall apart, but when you’re trying to keep a lid on things, you don’t draw that kind of attention Whoever e"

"I think we know thelot outside the restaurant back in Egypt"

Jada looked at hi " ‘Go holiuy who cut the video feed before doing the deed Did he look like any of these goons to you?" Drake asked

The goons in question stiffened, soestured for the that nobody would have the patience to stand and listen to this if he intended to coer at her stepmother "You told us you were afraid of Henriksen! That you thought he’d killed Dad!"

Olivia seeestion," Henriksen confessed "We wanted to knohat you know We wanted Luka’s journal"

Drake stared at him He doubted the man had chased the the level of innocence Henriksen was atte to cloak himself in

"So nohat?" he said "We’re here You’re here Maybe the answers you’re looking for are here Maybe you can figure out the location of the fourth labyrinth--if Daedalus even designed one--and find the treasure you’re after"

Henriksen frowned "Treasure?" Then he blinked, s, and his eyes lit up "It would be nice"

Drake shook his head Soer on it

"Say you find it," Sully put in "What happens then? You try to hurt Jada and I will kill you"

"I don’t doubt it," Henriksen said "And you haveany of you"

Sully glanced at Drake and Jada "Strangely, I don’t feel comforted"

Neither did Drake There were pieces that didn’t fit The hooded ht even have set Luka’s apartuns who tried to kill all three of them at the site of that fire in New York? That wasn’t the spooky ninja dudes’ style--not at all

Drake glanced at Jada, then at Sully, and he had a feeling they were putting it together as well Maybe not specifics, but he figured they had their suspicions None of theuy who had sent a hit squad after theypt All along they had wanted the journal and whatever inforather Whether Henriksen had ordered Luka murdered and hacked apart didn’t really lad to hear you say that," Drake told Henriksen He s sure to put asis, we’re not interested in partnering up We’re doing this for Luka And whatever we find at the end of the rainbow, it’s not going to end up in your pocket"

For a long e histhem The man stiffened, his smile frozen into a mask that barely hid his fury But then Olivia touched his ars all sensed their boss’s tension, and the pro in their eyes

"Tyr," she said

Henriksen exhaled Relaxed The thugs seemed disappointed

"If this ends in bloodshed, it won’t be because I didn’t attempt another way," he said to Jada Then he focused on Drake and Sully "You’ve been doing such a good job of h the labyrinth so far," he said, nodding once at Sully "Thank you, Mr Sullivan, for so clearly otten lost if not for you"

"Bite rowled

Any trace of amusement in Henriksen’s face faded away "As I said, you’ve done well thus far I’un he gestured them toward the left-hand fork, where the floor sloped steeply away, just as it had on the right The gunmen moved out of the way to let the for soment, but Jada wouldn’t even look at her

"Lead on," Henriksen said

Gried a look, both well aware thatforas their only choice and only hope Sully shone his flashlight down into the sharply sloped tunnel, and they began to descend

A gunshot split the air like the crack of a bullwhip Drake turned in a crouch and drew his gun, pushing in front of Jada and Sully Shouts caht bea shadows that separated aoff the walls

He saw Henriksen struggling with a black-clad hooded figure The big blondcurved blade froht beam illu frothe blade into the hooded ut

"I wondered when those sons of bitches would show up," Sully ruripped his pistol and

"No, don’t," Jada said, grabbing his arm "This is our chance"

"Chance for what?" Sully said "To see ins the right to kill us?"

More gunshots rang out Men shouted in pain and grunted with the effort of their struggle One of the Greeks lay on the floor of the corridor, throat cut, bleeding out onto the stone Drake tried to make out how many of the hooded s waiting outside Had the hooded men followed them as well, or had they already known the labyrinth was here?

"No!" Olivia screamed

For a second, they could hear only her voice Then she appeared ahead, fra toward theht blinded Drake for a second, but when he blinked and his vision returned, he saw one of the hooded ht for the tip of Olivia’s nose "Down!"

She saw the gun, gliround just as he fired The bullet took the hooded s, both of theain as she extricated herself froht

"Who the hell are these guys?" Sully growled, shaking free of Jada