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“Tahoe! How did you find me?”

“We’ll explain after we pick up Francesca Can you walk?”

“I’ll crawl on et out of this du their white caps and suits “Is that what got you past the guards at the door?”

“There weren’t any guards”

“I guess they didn’t want to be responsible for Daryll and Daryll”

“Truth is, we blundered in here We saw you playing a losing garabbed a crossbow off the wall and watched as you set him up beautifully for a shot” Austin took a pistol from one of the dead men “What say we saddle up before the posse comes?”

Gamay nodded and started to limp toward the doors, protectively flanked by the two men The doors opened, and Brynhild stepped in She was alone, but that didn’tas she strode across the hall She barely glanced at the dead bodies as she cas spread wide apart like tree trunks, her hands on her hips

“I take it this is your handiwork,” she said

Austin shrugged “Sorry about the mess”

“They were fools If you hadn’t killed them, I would have They disobeyed my orders and defiled this sacred place”

“Still, I kno hard it is to get good help these days”

“Not as hard as you think There’s no shortage of people who like to kill How did you get in here?”

“We walked in the front door What is this place?”

“It’s the heart and soul of my empire”

“You urd,” Austin said