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Noas cursing myself

"That snake of a cousin had you tracked the whole tiht made me sick to my stomach It re toend of such deceit I would not wish it on athered up the flasks and bundled them into Ibrahio back! Now!" Victoria urged

"Darling," Vivienne said, catching her hands "We can’t just return blindly"

I moved to my niece and placed a kiss on her forehead Her face and liency in her eyes was fahter’s before, when she had been separated fro much deeper than friendship had obviously forhts," I said, addressing not just Victoria, but the whole group "For now, go and recuperate But be ready for my call"

Vivienne and Xavier escorted Victoria ahile the rest followed, leaving me and Sofia alone at the end of the jetty

I pulled out my phone from my back pocket and turned my attention to it Now that ere back in the hu constantly When I flipped it open, I had twenty-two missed calls from Fowler Twenty-two

Gri, I dialed Fowler’s number and put the phone on loudspeaker

"Novak!" Fowler picked up after half a ring "What the hell do you think you’re doing? Trespassing in IBSI headquarters? Interfering with highly sensitive operations?"

I experienced a flood of déjà vu Wasn’t it only a short while ago that I’d been calling hi Thornton and his branch?

"While we’re asking questions," I replied, my voice steely, "would you care to explain what exactly you and the IBSI are high on?"

Fowler let out a breath "Novak, we’re letting you go All of you Henceforward, TSL is no longer recognized or sanctioned as an official body, and you are ordered to disband immediately Know that if you unlawfully encroach or interfere again, the IBSI have full authority to decide on the appropriate action"

In other words, the hunters have full sanction to kill us dirty supernaturals Well, that wasn’t exactly new We’d never trusted these hunters anyway

"This will be the last ti up the phone

"I honestly think those hunters are high on so shaken "The way Thornton and his people ility and speed that just isn’t hurunted Perhaps they hadin their labs It wouldn’t surprise h the idea that Fowler thought he could fire us madenext, he was in for a rude awakening…