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He raised the etry was still new to him He hadn’t seen this one before
The blonde clicked the flashlight A bright bea dirty se beautiful fingerprint The woerprint, holding it an inch away froht whirred Its back end split, thethe interior, a series of sears spun The flashlight clicked loudly, in a ht turned darker and bluer Thin lines appeared on the paper, growing darker and darker The beao and winked out The blonde woerprint squarely in the center
He hit her with a dazzling smile "Thank you, m’lady"
She smiled back "You’re welcome, m’lord"
If he didn’t have to leave, he could’ve asked her to share a meal with him and she would say yes Kaldar checked the hint of a s in her eyes She would definitely say yes, and then he would get her to say yes to a night together, and it would be a lot of fun for them both Unfortunately, he wasn’t his own man at the moment
"So what’s next?" Ka," Kaldar said
Fifteen minutes later, Kaldar finished with the pleasantries, shook the hands, thanked and was thanked, and finally headed to his wyvern, waiting for hie of town Addicts in the Weird didn’t use ht These thieves e or the BrokenAlmost four months had passed since he had visited either place The hop back across the boundary was long overdue
Of the three people involved, the lockpicker had to be his best bet ASomewhere, somehow, that man had left a trail All Kaldar had to do was find it
He couldn’t wait to meet the talented bastard
The fallen tree still blocked the road Audrey sighed, put her parking brake on, and started up the rey drizzle onto the forest Soon June would come and with it heat and crystalline blue skies, but for now the world was still dareen, h the Weirdfour countries, impossible without a wyvern She had flown from Seattle into Orlando instead The plane had landed late, and they pulled the job off that night, but when they had driven to Jacksonville, she got to see the sunrise through the windshield of a stolen car It started as a pale glow of purple and red near the horizon, just over the smooth expanse of silvery ocean, and then, suddenly, it blooe and yellow, a riot of color, huge and shocking If it had a sound, it would’ve deafened everyone on the road
Audrey sighed She wished she could’ve stayed longer, but coer Besides seeing Alex again was like ripping off a scab He hadn’t changed, not even a little Same sneer, same hollow eyes, sa She abandoned dad, no, Seamus, since he hardly was her father anymore, and Alex to their scheme and took the first available plane from Jacksonville Ended up with a six hour layover in Atlanta, just like everyone else She was pretty sure that if you died in the south, you’d have a layover in Atlanta before you reached the afterlife But now, almost fifteen hours later, she was finally hoe Complex locks weren’t a probleic felt harder than lifting her oeight The three reinforced doors had nearly drained her dry, but she had done it It was over now and she was living the first day of the rest of her life Free life
Audrey conquered the fallen tree, crossed the clearing, and knocked on the door of Gnorowl answered "Coain A little test, huh She put her palainst the keyhole and the door clicked Audrey opened the door, wiped her feet on the little rug, and went inside Gnome sat in his chair His thick eyebrows furrowed as she approached Audrey took a seat across fro, and pulled out a bottle of AleSmith Stout She set the bottle on the table
"Thank you for feeding Ling for one"
"No trouble All she needed was a cup of cat food" Gnoe shoulders "The little beast hates me, you know"
"No, she’s just weary She’s been beaten up by life," Audrey said
"Haven’t we all?" Gnome took the bottle by the top and turned it, this way and that "That’s soot there"
"It co at? If there was a job offer on the end of this conversation, she’d turn it down flat
"Did your talent have soent business you left on?"
Audrey nodded
"I thought you got a legal job in the Broken"
"I did It was a special one-tiruff snort "I knew your father"
"He mentioned you"
Gnome studied the beer bottle "What did he say?"