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Ah "All three?"

Leif opened his mouth, but Yelena stopped him "Yes, Ben, Loris and Cilly"

While not in the least bit upset over their deaths, Valek did regret not having oo juice on Ben to learn the location of the escape tunnel’s exit point, but by the time he’d returned from his failed attempt to track Owen, the Sitian authorities had arrived

Valek suppressed the urge to glance at Onora Was she responsible? And, if so, was she acting on her own or following the Commander’s orders? Noas not the time to ask "Hoere they killed?" he asked Leif instead

Leif huffed in annoyance, but Devlen said, "Puncture wound to the jugular They died of rapid blood loss"

Yelena touched her neck--a gesture heranxious or vulnerable

None of the assassins he knew killed that way "Sound familiar?" he asked Yelena

"When The Mosquito attacked me, he aimed an ice pick at my neck If he’d succeeded, I probably would have died the same way," she said

Valek vowed to find the assassin and squash hiet you?" Another whom Valek needed to have a little chat with--he planned to let the sharp point of his knife do all the talking in that conversation

Her hand remained around her throat "Yes Do you think Bruns sent hiicians? That doesn’t ht, it doesn’t And an assassin rarely works for one client Owen has the most to lose if they talked to the Council Plus, he has the money to hire The Mosquito," Valek speculated

"He wouldn’t kill his own brother," Leif said "He rescued Ben from Wirral Prison"

"Which alerted the authorities," Valek said

"Who would have lost hione after Yelena," Devlen added

"Brothers," Yelena said, gazing at Leif pointedly, "can be troublesome and have the tendency to juize to Valek"

Leif crossed his arms as two red splotches spread on his cheeks "It wasn’t a jump It was a perfectly reasonable assumption One you made, too"

"I suspected Valek, as well," Devlen said He towered about six inches over Leif, and his blue-eyed gaze held contrition