Chapter 41

• Nova watched the street, not sure if she should expect to see Bastian come running down it or what exactly.
• Her plan seemed perfect, right up to the point when she saw the two with dark souls. Then she’d had a ‘now what?’ moment. Calling Bastian seemed like the best thing to do, and she didn’t know why he’d sounded annoyed when she had. It was a good thing she found some of them, wasn’t it? Checking, she made sure the men were still there. They were, one was leaning against the wall at the side of a store, and the other looked down the street one way and then would turn and look the other way for a moment. She bit her lip, hoping they got here before they got bored and left. Her phone vibrated in her hand, she didn’t look to see who it was, just answered it. “Bastian?”
• “Which roof are you on?”