April reached her free arm around her and hugged her, telling Shelby she was as well. Then gave her a kiss and said “OK, let me up I need a shower. ...e need to get this last morning meeting over with so that the rest of the time is ours, and it wouldn’t be good if we were late for it, after the company paying for this whole weekend.” Shelby rolled over enough so April could get out from under the covers and watched as she walked to the bathroom again finding herself admiring April’s body. . I'll see you then." With that Norman disconnected the line. With his team surrounding the building, I assumed someone (probably the two scouts who'd arrived first) was monitoring the signal detection equipment and didn't need more than a few seconds to confirm that my satellite phone was in use upstairs in that building.He needed me alive (I kept whispering to myself over and over again), just in case the files weren't present, readily at hand, and now he had just two options left. Wait in. You don’t want any gossip starting.’ ‘Very astute of you, so you’re a writer.’ ‘Yes, my first book was a modest success, but it didn’t win any awards. My second one did a little better, and now I’m into my third one. I also have a confession.’ ‘Good, I understand that’s good for the soul.’ She smiled and sipped her drink and said, ‘I’m here doing location research for my writing, but as I travel, to help my bank account, I have been staying at inns and am writing an article for Conde Nast. I gathered them before me. The orange balls of light danced before me. A purple aura sprang about them, channeling them as beam. It slammed into the door. The wood splintered in an explosion a moment before Ava hurtled us into it.An acolyte gasped in shock, her blonde braids flying as she jumped out of the way as we hurtled down the hallway. Another priestess stood in the way, gaping at us in her pink robes. She pointed at us, her mouth working.I seized her with more spirits and yanked her out.