"Are they here yet?"
Leah Frost put down the phone and nodded, "In about five minutes."
"Good!"
Carson Flores responded and quietly stood in the shadow of the trees, silently waiting.
Rocky Stein was still clad in all black, her entire body wrapped tightly, with only her eyes visible. She spoke in a deep voice, "Who are we waiting for?"
Carson Flores calmly replied, "We're waiting for backup."
Rocky Stein was slightly startled, "An Innate Grandmaster?"
Carson Flores nodded, "Naturally."
Rocky Stein's expression shifted subtly, and she spoke no more, but her respect for Carson Flores had already grown.
She knew that the woman beside her, wearing a mask, who had dispatched three Great Grandmasters and one Innate Grandmaster of the Vasquez Family, was probably not much older than she was—perhaps she had the secret to eternal youth, but definitely she was much younger than herself.
