Page 5 (1/2)

"When Poe caue to find Jack Landers, I believed the order caue was the head of Chronos, otherwise known as the bad guys Poe was her number-one henchman Jack Landers was a world of trouble, who used to be second-in-colass "I didn’t even question it"

"Why would you?" I asked

"Because I’m a scientist, and scientists are supposed to ask questions" Lia was as it had been when I left--that Teague was in charge--and that the Chronos operations were still based in Me doesn’t s evolve, whether you pay attention or not" Liaal pad, circling certain words over and over again "Teague isn’t in charge, and Chronos is no longer based in Memphis Not only that, Chronos isn’t our eneue was acting in her own interests Poe was duped into carrying out orders issued by her, but he believed he orking for the real organization"

"If Teague isn’t in charge of Chronos, who is?"

"Paul Girard Teague’s estranged husband"

"That doesn’t see?"

"It’s not one thing; it’s the combination of lass is hulass, had a supernatural ability to find anything or anyone "She searched for an object and found nothing Then she looked for a person and got an address"

I actually putif its removal would be a relief at this point "You knohere the Infinityglass is"

Liam nodded "Who it is, too"

"A him or a her?"

"A her"

"Human … how?" I couldn’t wrap my mind around it "Is she immortal?"

"She’s seventeen"

"But the lore--not that it’s lore any?"

"There’s an explanation, and I’ else about the Infinityglass"

"She’s not safe" It hit end

Liaain "She is for the "

The questions were co too fast for me to keep up with my own brain "Does she knohat she is? Where is she?"

"I don’t know if she knows, and she’s in New Orleans, at the Girard’s houe’s houe has the Infinityglass She’s already beaten us to her"

"By about seventeen years I have reason to believe the Infinityglass is Teague Girard’s daughter"

Holy hell

"What I need to kno is"--Liaoing with lass, I was going to need toopen so wide I could see his wisdo to do what?"

"Cut them off" I dropped the clippers and the scissors on the kitchen counter with a clatter