.."Jeff sighed. "Yeah, I know. I've already given orders to secure the drugs and take them back with us." Sir, I've talked with Mooring — him," she ...aid nodding to a tall, thin man working on the other side of the lab, "the chemist. He found Ingles' notes and logs in the safe. He says that it seems to him that someone else made the initial discoveries about the drugs. He also thinks that this person's notes stopped a couple years ago. Ingles' notes picked up after that. He says that Ingles'. ” “So if the Ondarian Federation is surrounded by a bunch of swamps, why would anyone want to live there. Or take it over, for that matter?” Silmaria asked. Rael looked at her, and one corner of his lips quirked upward in a challenging smile. “You tell me. Figure it out.” Silmaria made a face at him, which only made him grin the wider. But she did as he bid, her eyes downcast, watching her hands work at cleaning their dinner while she puzzled over the answer. Then she had it. “It’s in the. "When I got ready to close up shop, I found a wallet under one of the carts when I moved it to sweep. The driver's license indicated it belonged to Shannon. I immediately called her and told her I found the wallet;"OH! Thank god. I noticed it was missing and have torn my car and room apart looking for it. Can I stop by tomorrow and pick it up? Are you working?" No, I am off til Sunday, but I can either leave it at the store office with a note or if you want to pick it up tonight I can meet you. They laughed. I continued, “The Ready Response Team is dismissed. Tell the upper town they can stand down and open the gates. However, keep the regular guards at their ballista.”As one, each man kissed two fingers, and then touched them to a silver brooch on the front of their cloak. A gesture that I hadn’t seen before. Yet, I had seen the wolf-head brooch before. The cloak clasp was a popular novelty that an enterprising silversmith was making in Fort Revenge.Looking over the bow-armed sea.