Aubrey smiled. Another good deed on her belt.
Meanwhile back at the Council, another day filled with long drawn out meetings have concluded as per usual.
Rhyland was exhausted. He wanted the day to be over but there was still one thing left to be done.
That was to meet with Cross. The man was to keep periodic contact with them throughout the day and at the end of it, he was supposed to do a debrief with Rhyland and Dimitri.
The pair had been waiting for half an hour.
Rhyland couldn't help but periodically look at his watch. Their little "double agent" was late.
Did he think Cross had betrayed them? No. Nothing like that. Rhyland knew Cross would not be able to betray them. They had the blood pact; to betray it would mean excruciating pain and eventually death.
But he also knew there were ways around the blood pact. Did he think that Cross was smart enough to get around them? No. Not at all.
