That’s part of the reason he got that high-tech security system. He was afraid he’d sleep through a break-in or a fire.’ ‘Do you know if he ke...t flammable materials in his work room? Solvents? Adhesives?’ ‘The fumes can be very harmful to old books. Frank used all natural, water-soluble cleaners and glues. I don’t think any of that stuff burns.’ ‘There’s accelerant residue in several areas on the main floor, especially in the area of the workroom. It appears that the fire was deliberately set. "Simon, is that you?" The sound Arabella's voice froze his guts."Yes. Where are you? Granny said you had taken a few days off. But that was weeks ago." Oh Simon. I've made a big mistake. I was mad at you. You'd gone away for business again and left me." Simon could tell that she'd been drinking. The words poured out of her."So where are you?" His voice carried a note of worry."I came to a place called Eastville with a guy named Paris. I didn't know that there was a war going on here. Simon. I'm. Now being the idiot I am, all the 3 girls liked me at some point or the other but I never realized it. The one I'll be telling you about is called Sammy. She's an intelligent girl and is now working towards a Bachelor's degree in Economics from LSE, but earlier she was kind of a nerd. She was thin, wore spectacles and didn't fool around a lot. But she read a lot and so did I so we had tons to talk about and we never missed out an opportunity to talk to her. But mind it, I never had any feelings. “Probably want to confirm, make sure we’re not bluffing.”It was just an armament room, meant for standard loadouts. Of all the things Kindred were capable of, of all the things the Invictus were capable of, this was hardly the most dangerous stuff. Secrets capable of toppling massive corporations, experimental weapon designs that incorporated Kindred abilities, potential plans for hostile and non-hostile takeovers of various parts of Dolareido, and many of Xnomina’s illegal activities, were.