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When the assassination of an aain, Elisa and Connor ation, before Chicago disappears forever

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THE VEIL

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The French Quarter was thinking about war again

Boo s and shaking the shelves at Royal Mercantile--the finest purveyor of dehydratedsticks We were flush with antique walking sticks

I sat at the store’s front counter, working on a brass owl that topped one of them The owl’s head was supposed to turn when you pushed a button on the handle, but the mechanism was broken I’d taken apart the tiny brass pieces and found the problened I just needed to slip it back into place

I adjusted the s spread to reveal its inner mechanisms I had a thin screwdriver in one hand, a pair of watchear in place, I had to push one spring down and another up in that very s with the store’s antiques, to puzzle through broken parts and sticky locks It was satisfying towork that hadn’t before And since the demand for fancy French sideboards and secretaries wasn’t exactly high these days, there was plenty of inventory to pick from

I nibbled onthe tension so the gear could slip in I had to get the gear into the back cos Just a sht, and

Boom

I ju ear that now floated in the air besidea foot off the counter’s surface

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I’d ic I wasn’t supposed to have At least, not unless I wanted a lifetiic, and the gear dropped, hit the counter, bounced onto the floor