Chapter 31

• She just needed a breath of air. Any air that wasn’t saturated with the scent of Taggart. Deva walked around the deck and took deep breaths. She heard Illias and was surprised he was out there. She honestly believed he couldn’t be further than five feet from his laptop and electronics. Smiling, she walked to the front and then stopped. Illias was there, his back was to her, and he was waving his arm around, pacing while talking on the phone.
• “Listen. I know you’ll check this and when you do, you call me. You should have stuck with the plan and stayed where you were. Everything was fine. You panicked and…” He turned and saw her. His eyes widened. “Just call me.” He lowered the phone and tapped the screen. “I, uh, hate it when people don’t follow the plan.” He cleared his throat.
• “Is everything all right with the location we’re going to?”