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I didn't look at Jude as I left the office I also didn't go any farther than Silass walls of the office meant I couldn’t see inside of the space but since there were no entry points aside fro Jude alone in there I sat down at Simon’s desk and waited After a fewkeys I didn’t really understand the sense of relief that washed through me nor could I help but smile

Jude Archer was an enigma

It would be interesting to pull back all the layers that the man used to insulate himself from the world

I paused what I was doing as I heard my oords play back inoutmore

I needed to remember that

I would remember that

Chapter 6

Jude

It took et ed to completely lose myself in my work By the time I looked up froht was that twenty-four hours had passed since Nikolai had store that despite having had peace and quiet for the last several hours, it wasn't going to last I hadn't seen Nikolai since he'd left my office, but I was pretty certain that he was still around somewhere

I tooknore the little flip-flops of nerves in ed on the jacket I’d discarded earlier in the day I sent a silent prayer heavenward as I approached my door For one brief moment as I opened it, I actually believed that iven up on his fool's errand But then I heard the soft ru of his voice

I wasn’t strangely relieved to knoas still there

I wasn’t