When the Ice Queen Thaws
was no ringing. Just a calm, aut
am Ca
once. I hadn't used it, hadn't heard it di
was cold a
Secure the perimeter
off and slipped it
oax Chloe. "Come on, swee
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me a look of
three minu
e world
leading to the house. A fleet of black, unmarked SUVs, the kind g
rful, synchronized hum of high-performance engines. Four military-grade Zodiac boats, also black
ut they moved with the disciplined efficiency of a special forces unit. They fanned out, creating a peri
ent. The music from the pontoo
. He was tall, with a stern, weathered face and cold, intelligent eyes. He mo
of the Sentinels, the private security firm
t Big Rick. He walked past Mike. He i
directly in
n a gesture of prof
gies for the delay.
orld
gant smirk was gone, replaced by
s darting from me to Donovan to the s
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ly. He stared at me, then at Donovan, and then back at me. The charismatic entreprene
lly und
desecrated a temple. And its goddes