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"What’s the escape hatch?" Zethan asked

"An alternate way into and out of our headquarters They haven’t discovered its existence yet"

"How ers, then flashed theain

"Twenty?"

A nod

He considered They’d have the eleet inside But he still didn’t like the odds "Do you know if any of theers

They’d need backup Or would they? What if he allowed them to capture him? They’d think they were safe if he was contained in a null shield Then they’d take hi in, just getting away

"Where are they holding Yelena?" he asked Fisk

"Krystal Clan garrison About two days west of the Citadel"

"Near Mica?"

"Yes"

And north of the Storet null shields for your helpers?"

"No Bruns stopped the icians in hiding? Do any of them kno to craft them?"

"One or two, but it’ll take at least seven days to reach thelass ones that Quinn makes left inside the Keep," Fisk said

Tweet piped twice

"The Keep’s being watched by Bruns’s people," Fisk translated

"Has the staff left, as well?"

Tweet nodded, but then gestured

"Most of the staff didn’t go to the other garrisons," Fisk said "Just the icians"

"Do you know if Leif’s wife, Mara, was taken?"

The boy shook his head He didn’t

Valek considered the information Tweet had provided as he spurred Onyx toward the center of the Citadel He found an inn with a stable a couple blocks away After the horses were groomed and settled, he rented two rooms

Fisk and Tweet followed them upstairs As soon as they closed the door, Fisk asked, "What’s the plan?"

"You tell me," Valek said

"I’m not one of your corps"