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Chapter 9 Reiver:Retribution
What seems threatening
is just the echo of the fear in my own heart.
Haruki Murakami.
Brother Andrew arrived at the apartment and as Hugh let him in to the lobby he saw how stressed and tired he looked. He led the monk up in the lift and they entered the apartment and through to the living room where Annie was already doing an internet search on white crosses on a black background.
“I’ve just got back from the city to find out that two separate groups of people have been trying to either get into the vault or have been trying to dig beneath the altar.” he said exasperated.
Annie and Hugh looked at him with alarm.
“Luckily I had doubled the guard and the tour guides so there were plenty of people to stop them but I have no idea what in the name of the Goddess is going on. After the first break in I found the pin badge I told you about but I thought it could have come from anyone so I didn’t think too muc
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