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A single tear trailed down her cheek, but she valiantly swept it away and straightened her shoulders

Seth rose, took her s to be all right, Ah her eyes remained disconsolate "A premonition?"

He shook his head "A rare moment of optimism"

"Rare indeed," she said with a smile, and started for the door

Sethsounded in his head "Wait"

She glanced at hi

"You told Marcus you have prerimaced "It was the best way I could think of to describe them"

"You had one of your feelings?"

"Yes"

"In regard to what?"

"Thebad is going to happen I don’t knohat, but so I know it"

He considered this new development and coupled it with the infory, scrap the old plan and forency on top of that"

She nodded, but didn’t look reassured

Uneasy (A), Seth opened the door

Darnell stood patiently in the hallway beyond, waiting for them to conclude their talk His sharp eyes skiaze slid to Seth’s "What about you? You good?"

David ood Let’s go decide hoe’re going to handle Roy and whatever he’s got up his sleeve"

No amount of duct tape couldclose to steady, co two hundred pounds of athered in the dining room

Once the food had been cleared away, Seth and David sat in the positions of power at opposite ends of the table that could seat twenty-four Ami sat between Seth and Marcus, with Sarah and Roland across from her The d’Alençons sat beside Roland, their Seconds across from them beside Marcus Yuri and Stanislav took the seats beside David on Ami’s side of the table Chris Reordon’s men seated themselves next to Stanislav

Bastien sat on the other side at David’s elbow No one sat beside hi everyone a thin, ave the hand the i look, bypassed him and the empty chairs beside him, and took a seat beside the d’Alençons

"Chris," Seth intoned

"What?" He tossed the re files on the table and crossed his arms "I don’t trust hiht us here"

David sighed and held out a hand The folder on top slid across the polished wood and delivered itself into his fingers "Here" He handed it to Bastien, his eyes never leaving Chris "He isn’t"

"How do you know? The fact that he breached network headquarters and tore into my men illustrates that he isn’t under your control"

"He is é, not my prisoner"

Ami was a little surprised to hear that She hadn’t realized David had taken on sole responsibility for the training and supervision of the rather reluctant inductee into the Immortal Guardians’ ranks

"Well, maybe he should be your prisoner Where were you when he was attacking my men?"

"Chris," Seth barked, but David raised a cal an immortal in Sudan whose hand had been severed Where were you?" David countered "I believe Bastien attempted to follow protocol when he arrived at network headquarters and was refused entrance"