As she awaited word from Fitch, she had lan taken to Greenfield Gardens and made a point to scrutinize every individual there.

No one raised her suspicions, so she turned to Jeff.

"Who did he meet with today?"

Jeff recounted the day's encounters.

Maja settled calmly onto the couch. If it was Bernard, there was no cause for concern.

What step had gone awry?

She called for Beck.

"Beck, when you guys were searching over in Cania, did you cacross a man who looked a lot like lan? My first night in Cania,

sguy posing as lan cto pickup. He bore a striking resemblance to lan. Lately, there haven't been any suspicious

characters around me, and I've almost got the measure of everyone else. It's just that man; I still don't know which side he's

playing for."

And with the research facility's affairs being a thing of the past, it was odd that the man's faction hadn't made a move.

Was it because they had already acted, or because they hadn't?

With the enemy in the shadows and them in the light, they needed to get to the bottom of this.

"I've never seen this man, but considering you were almost fooled, he must look a lot like lan. Was he targeting you?"

he tried to whiskaway, but lan calledjust in time, and I realized

darkened. Someone that could pass for lan was a serious threat. What if this person used lan's

out splot?

your

led Beck upstairs to the bedroom where lan lay on

closed the door behind them and went over to grasp lan's

which means I have something they want. They failed last time, so they'll definitely use that face again

with lan out cold, I bet someone will try to take him away soon. He'll

us. Otherwise, as long as lan is here, it's hard for them to make a

people behind that man were likely planning

his hand tight, not blinking an

always troubled me. Lately, I've been thinking

the most plausible. So, we'll

against her cheek, her voice

end to all this and have a

moved closer, affectionately

and get our big brother involved. He's sharper than I

us. Let's get this sorted out quickly, then we can plan

Dad doing? Is

better. He's up and walking now, keeps asking about you. But he

recuperate, and once he's stronger, he

her gaze shifting back to lan's

doctor said he'd been enduring

learned that lan hadn't been sleeping at night, tormented in the small hours by

Philip. Since the earthquake, they've

easy to kill."

no leads yet. Philip is

hand under the blanket and patted it gently, "Then we wait and see who's

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