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“You do?” There was a calculated aree to etyou a link”

The line went dead as everyone in the room re nauseated at the ot up out of his chair and caed her into his side She waited for elanced around the rooave hiht

“It would be suspicious if we suddenly called now and told him we have the treasure,” Callum said

“Another reason e should forget this plan and continue our search for the gold,” Ed said

Joe shook his head “That isn’t an option any we already have the treasure and then we snatch Alice from him”

Callue of his nose “We need a location for this fictitious treasure Somewhere isolated, but believable Somewhere we can defend”

“I think you’rea mistake,” Ed said “It’s insane to hand over wealth like that to a h “But this is your mission and I’ll help hatever you decide”

Joe gave him a chin lift in thanks

“Do we really need an actual physical location?” Julia asked “Couldn’t we just trade the fictitious location for Alice?”

Joe answered, “A o until he sees the actual location of the treasure”

“What happens if he goes inside the cave we pick and finds it empty?” Julia said

“We don’t let it get that far” Joe’s words were steel, and Julia didn’t ask how he planned to do that

“Okay, does the location of the fake treasure need to be near Cusco?” Julia said “It’s really busy around here The place is flooded with tourists” And the last thing she wanted washurt

“No,” Callum said, “but it has to be somewhere Incan”

“And ideally somewhere that isn’t too close to Alice’s location We need the tiet to us, to set up the trap,” Julia said