Chapter 205 Not Part Of The The Plan

• Half an hour later, they were at the university sports grounds. Because it was Sunday, the sprawling campus facility had a completely different energy—dead quiet in some areas, yet fitfully busy near the main pavilion. A few student athletes were doing laps on the far side of the track, and the faint, rhythmic thud of a soccer ball being kicked echoed in the distance.
• Igor slowly navigated the paved ring road, choosing a parking bay at the furthest edge of the parking lot, shaded beneath the massive, bare Jacarandas. It gave them a clear, unobstructed line of sight to the main entrance while keeping their own vehicle obscured by the deep afternoon shadows.
• "Nothing yet?" Igor asked, leaning forward slightly to get a better angle through the windshield.