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Another chill ran downto use the elevator to get out of this place

With our path clear, we moved forward The bed had borne the brunt of the explosion, and was little s, and fabric re hidden within it, it was unlikely to have survived

I checked the remnants anyway, and found precisely what I’d expected – nothing

I bit back a frustrated curse and looked around the rest of the roo if not in the bed?

"If I’d wanted to secure so," Jak colance "Why?"

He shrugged "It’s the last place anyone thinks to look"

It was certainly a place that would have appealed to Lucian’s warped sense of hu snakes, then walked across to the relass wall had held up well, as had the toilet, which had been positioned behind it

"Try the tank first," Jak said "It’s been plumbed in, so anywhere else would have caused an obstruction"

I unscrewed the flush button, then lifted the lid off the tank And there, attached to the plunger, was a so," I said softly, and pulled it free I handed Jak the lid, then unwrapped the envelope, slicing it open with a fingertip, then carefully unfolding the piece of paper inside

It read "-3776759373693766, 14488306045532227"

"Coordinates," Jak said, looking over uess"

"If you’re right, then for what? is the next big question" I flipped the bit of paper over, but there was nothing else written on it

"Why don’t I Google it and find out?" He reached into his pocket and frowned "What the hell…?"

He drew out his hand and held it out, palm up A collection of broken bits of metal and plastic sat within it The re I closed et out of the way of the blast, I’d totally forgotten anythingflesh would be shredded Which meant not only his phone, but aze ju?"

"Yeah Metal not touching flesh doesn’t get re-foro somewhere else to decipher the clue" He paused, and a sudden, somewhat cheeky smile touched his lips "My place is nice and close And I probably still have so around"

I blinked "Why the hell would you still have those?"

He shrugged "Couldn’t be bothered throwing the up a whole lot of space"

"I bet that irlfriends that followed me"

"It wasn’t a problem because there weren’t any Only bed partners"

I snorted "You seriously expect aze heldin my life, then and now, but you were, believe it or not, the next best thing"

"Being the next best isn’t exactly a compliment," I noted dryly "And it doesn’t exactly explain why you’ve had no girlfriends since"

"Ours wasn’t the first relationship I wrecked over a story, but it was the last I decided it was better for everyone if I just didn’t go there"

I stared at hiod, was that a touch of re attacho about things"

Which was probably as close to a sorry as I was ever likely to get I folded the piece of paper and slipped it into my pocket "You could have decided that before you printed the story about my mom and destroyed e had"

"No, I couldn’t have"

Because it had taken that destruction for hih I had no doubt the threats from Uncle Rhoan, Aunt Riley, and Ilianna had also played a part They’d certainly prevented hi part of the story "I can see you beco a very lonely old man"

"Not lonely, because there has never been a lack of partners Just alone"

Meaning he’d faired better in the after-relationship sex stakes than I had At least until Lucian and Azriel had cole" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>