m the Hicks' neighborhood when a sleek, b

eat, pushing his gold-rimmed glasses up his nose. His voice

aded canvas bag slung over her shoulder-the one she had retrieved from her drop point earlier. She didn't

arwood. Jaden sank into the plush seat and c

She wasn't asking questions. She looked like she was taking a nap in her ow

d, passing through towering iron ga

anvas bag slung over one shoulder. She looked up at the mass

ps. His posture was rigid. His sharp eyes immediately locked

nse disgust cross

ccent thick with condescension.

eyes. She gave him a slow, sin

out to take her

ging his hand smoothly. "Don't

thinning into a hard line. He assumed

ll the way to the end of the second-floor hallwa

seven. Do not wander the halls,

e, and slammed the heavy oak door right in his

ras. She tossed the canvas ba

. There were no

g hardware. She pulled out a micro-computer the size of a paperba

fingers flew across the keyboard. Gre

irewall. She mapped out every security camera, every mot

Alistair was leaning against the mar

he won't last three days before Mr. K

ad already cloned Alistair's phone. She

quick command, intercepting the text and deleting

top and shoved it

oking out at the perfectly manicured lawn. She str

to the empty room. "Th