After putting two and twotogether he was sure they would start looking for him and he was right.He stuck around long enough to hear angry yelling befo...e bolting for thefire escape, briefcase in hand.Money wasn't the only thing he took though, and he had planned for that,too. Months ago he stole an orb from his boss's private collection,replaced it, and started to rent out a dingy little apartment across thecity, it was the beginning of the end for him. The orb, as far as heknew, had mythical,. He’s gonna get people killed for no fucking reason. He puts a full team on a dead drop. Like nobody would notice that. Looks like a goddamned Easter Parade. Doesn’t trust us to do what we do.”“I’ll talk to the boss. No point in using throwaways if you just pile on agents to watch over them.”He nodded thoughtfully. “Get us a real pro. Somebody good. Not some by-the-book asshole.”We sat in silence for a long minute. Until the silence grew too loud for me.“I was surprised to see you.”“I figured. He just smiled at her in an impish way.“Don’t worry. You’re not the first couple to get adventurous out here late in the evening. It is a romantic view,” he just continued talking as he set the wine glass and the coffee cups on the table as well as the bill for the evening. And then he was gone.Diane finished her glass of wine and added cream and sugar to her coffee before draining it. I nursed my cup of coffee for a couple of minutes before deciding it was time to leave. I stopped by the. She yanked her swords free as she landed, the seven-foot-tall Drakkar marine dropping his black weapon before tipping over backwards, hitting the floor with a booming metallic crash. With no enemies left standing, she glided over to the legless Drakkar that was writhing on the ground and howling in agony. Sakura had seen what this pack had done to the Ashanath they had already caught, so she felt no sympathy for the black-clad creature as she shoved her right ninjato through its throat. She had.