Maisie explained the reasoning, The Red bull quashed the effects of the alcohol and the caffeine in it would give her the energy to last into the earl... hours. Which Maisie assured her that she definitly would need. She also told Claire not to ever leave her drink unattended, explaining some horror stories that had occurred to girls they had known.Claire had to admit that the drink wasn’t bad although a lot sweeter than the usual G&T she would normally go for.When they had finished their drinks,. There was more money in the three pouches than I could expect anyone to spend in a year in this small mining town. Maybe Grant could, if he was a true spendthrift, I just didn't know. The largest pouch had miniature glass vials individually inserted in a thin leather bandolier so that they would not break. Each of them looked to be sealed with wax securing an assortment of stoppers, some metal, some wood, and some cork. Poisons of some sort would be my only guess, unless wizards needed. Hegrabbed a blanket and snuck up against the wall, trying to get at themirror side long until he was right on top of it, then quickly jumped itand wrapped it with the blanket until it was hidden from view. "I'lljust put you away here..." he muttered to himself as he slid the coveredmirror behind a cupboard, facing the wall.~~ Academy of LiesAlex knew he needed to be more careful with his sorcery. For one, hedidn't want to be found out and locked up for the crime of even readingthe book - let. The only thing to fix it, would be to beat me in the ring or kill me.The problem with that is I could never cooperate with that. I couldn't take a dive in the ring and I couldn't let him shoot me. I decided I would stay away from the pub, just in case he decided to take me out in front of witnesses. He would need for everyone to know it was him.I found my Kevlar and wore it under my long sleeve tee shirt that evening when I went out to dinner. I came out of the pizza pit in the plaza with two.