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"Look, Master Mar, I know you’re breaking regulations," Kaminski said "I just need to know if my people are safe"

Kaldar rocked back on his heels, looked at the sky, and sighed "I don’t normally do this"

Kaminski and Rodwell took a step closer, alo anywhere," the Sheriff proht hours ago the West Egyptian authorities discovered that a group of thieves broke into the Pyrareat strategic value It was a theft for hire, and Louisiana’s Hand was the intended recipient of the device In the earlyhours the thieves crossed the border and arrived here, to meet the Hand’s operatives The Hand is infa the hired help, so the thieves picked a public, well known location for their own safety As you can see, their fears were justified"

"So Adriana was never the intended target?" Kaminski asked

"No, Sheriff It was simply the closest public place Your people are safe"

"Thank you," Kaet, why is the Mirror involved?" Rodwell frowned

"Because the atteypt requires our assistance in recovering the device It’s a diplohtmare already We must resolve this and quickly, or they may take matters into their own hands Nobody wants to have half a dozen of the Claws of Bast running around in the realm"

The undersheriff winced Even Kaminski looked taken aback for a moment The Claws of Bast had a certain reputation

Kaminski surveyed the rubble "All those pieces look like they belong to the sa to you, they’re pieces of a Hand operative No other body parts The thieves got away"

Kaldar nodded "Indeed Somewhere out there, in that mess, is a clue that will tell me where they went"

"I can have my men pull the rubble apart," Kaminski said "I can put sixteen undersheriffs on this We’ll throw up a grid, work in shifts through the night, and have every crurinned "I appreciate the offer, but time is short"

The two men stared at him Showtime

"Do you have any coins on you, undersheriff?" Kaldar asked

Rodwell dug into his pocket and cae Kaldar plucked the small silver disk of a half-crown from the er The rays of thefrom the small disk of silver "I bet you a half-crown that I’ll walk out there and find this vital clue in the next three lanced at the half crown and back at the sea of debris A small sic pulsed froh hi hidden deep in the recesses of his being, just on the edge of consciousness The strange reserves ofcurrent that burst through the coin, through his spine, up through his skull and down through his legs and soles of his feet The current speared hiht like a fish on the line This was his own special talent If he got soic skewed the odds in his favor

The current pulled on hi each step,him around the pitted pavement, over the heap of shattered ed hiht the sun in the crevice underneath a twisted wreck oflass and the current vanished

Kaldar pulled a handkerchief froently pried the glass object free A six inch long tube with a wide bulb on the end Dark soot stained the inside of the bulb How about that?

He turned and brought his find back to the two men

"What is that?"

"That’s an ’I Love You Rose’ These tubes are sold in certain shops" Nahettos in the Broken "There is usually a cheap fake flower inside They’re bought by addicts who drop cheap narcotics into the bulb and s the goleeyo!"

A young woman, whose blonde hair was carefully braided away froht bronze reseed a small leather book chained to her belt, tore a piece of thin paper and looked at Kaldar "Hold it up please!"<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>