All was quiet at the Creswick Post Office after their earlier misadventures.
The commander had torn strips off Cormac and Magnus for their stupidity, then put them in a room together to work things through before they went to sleep.
There was no point trying to chase the girls in the dark. They no doubt had a clever escape route planned out in advance. Adding to the difficulty following them was a cloudy, almost moonless night sky.
Niko was on guard duty until 3am, and he sat by the front door, which was the only way in or out.
He watched the clouds scud across the sliver of moon, keeping an ear on the usual rustles in the bush for anything out of the ordinary.
