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. You ve had this information in your head the whole damned time, I seethed. The whole goddamn time, Wyatt!He didn t try to defend himself.Just let me hold him there. I never had a reason to doubt the memory spell, or think it would break down.Colenever occurred to me as a possibility until this moment. Not even when we were talking about Neutralize orders or people with grudges? Not once? No! With the frustrated denial came a hint of annoyance. How many times should I say it, Evy? Cole was gone, dead and buried along withdozens of other Hunters. Not all of us stay dead.My statement was meant to wound.Instead, it seemed to anger him. I m done apologizing for that, Evy. No one s asking. Then what do you want from me?I wanted time to be angry at him.Time to absorb all the things he d told me in the last hour, from his parents to his brother to this.Time to sit andtalk about things like normal adults.Most of all, I wanted time to figure us out.Only we had no time.We never did.Our lives were about the nextstep, planning for the next fight.Until the city was free of Dreg threat and I no longer had to stand watch as one of the city s invisible sentinels, therewould never be time for us. Nothing, I said, surprised by the coldness of my tone.I released him and backpedaled to the middle of the room.He stayed by the wall,watching me warily.I turned away from him, toward Phin. Looks like we ll be able to solve the mystery of Leonard Call once you and Wyatt meethim.Make the phone call. In a moment, Phin said.He was difficult to read.The argument he d just witnessed didn t seem to bother him at all.Then again, as I d seen, hewas a great actor.He pulled a square of paper from his pocket and unfolded a photocopy. This fell out of Snow s pocket, and I don t think herealized.I took the paper.It was dark, badly copied, but still legible.It was an invitation to the fund-raiser Kismet had mentioned earlier. He s going to aparty? Then I saw the location Parker s Grand Palace and it dawned on me.Parker s Palace.Park Place.Close together, but not the samelocation.The rest of it detailed the exact function of the fund-raiser money to repair the basement structure of the historic Parker Palace stage theaterand bring the arts back to the old riverfront.Held in the lobby at seven sharp, tonight.A silent auction to raise money.Other donations welcome, withdonors designated Patrons of the Arts. Holy fucking shit, I said. There really was something happening, only that idiot at the gym had the wrong day and place. Or he had it right, Wyatt said, somewhere close behind me, and his nearness made me flinch,  only we couldn t see them going in and out lastnight.Phin s head jerked to the side. How is that ? The tunnels, I said. Goblins stick to Mercy s Lot because of the old sewer system and bootleggers tunnels that run beneath it. But they shouldn t have river access for at least six blocks, Wyatt said.He stepped around to my left, completing our little conversational circle. It s why half of those buildings were abandoned after the river flooded fifty years ago.Water got into the tunnels and ruined the foundations.Thetunnels were filled in and blocked up, but the damage was done.No one wanted to pay the extra expense of repairing them.I arched an eyebrow at him. Until someone comes along who needs the access, so they take the time to dig it out. That s reaching, Evy, and it s also giving Call a lot of planning credit. He seems like the planning type especially if this little revenge is four years in the making. I found no satisfaction in his flinch. Look, if there sa tunnel that comes out beneath any of the four buildings on the corners of Park and Howard  They could have met without our ever knowing, Phin said. They could still be there, waiting for orders.Over my shoulder, the digital clock read quarter past six. We need a plan and soon.Wyatt produced his cell phone and dialed, determination creasing his brow and pulling his mouth into a grim line. Gina, it s me.Check thebasements of all the buildings on the Park-Howard corners.I think you re going to find access to the underground. Her muffled voice squawkedback. I know they were.Just trust me on this and check them out.Do you still have someone watching the theater where that fund-raiser is beingheld?More squawking.He frowned. Well, get someone back there, because it s a likely target tonight. She talked some more; I shifted my weightfrom foot to foot. Think about it, Gina.We killed three hundred of one of the oldest and most powerful Clans in the city.At least that many of thecity s richest and most influential people will be there pretending to care about the arts.It s the perfect target, and if we re right, one of those tunnelsis going to lead under or close to the theater.Another long pause had me wanting to slap Wyatt for not putting it on speakerphone.He finally got another word in. I have something else I needto do.Just watch your back and do what you can, okay? He hung up. She didn t sound convinced, Phin said [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]