Chapter Forty

She raised her hand to ask for silence, then got back on the phone. "Henry, is there any chance that this is just to get us running around? I mean . . . no, I don't doubt that they were down here, but why just hit two stores with the whole doom and gloom thing but that's it. It's like they just happened to confirm the anonymous tip. Yeah, you're right. Sounds like they're just getting our measure, but it also got nine enforcers out of the house. Yeah . . . yeah, I got it. Just keep me in the loop."

She hung up the phone and looked at her compatriots. "Henry's going to get a hold of Bjorne and his crew and send them back up to the house. We rendezvous with Henry over by the Fox and then we'll --"

"We have company," Valeska said, her eyes not moving from Shamira's face.

Shamira looked back down the way they'd come, pointing towards a random building. "Where?" she asked.

"Parking garage. Saw three distinct forms looking down at us."

Yosyp looked across the street at an unrelated restaur