Chapter 660: Escort

So much for sneaking in, grabbing Charlotte from the clutches of her captors, and sneaking out again. Instead, I was forced to allow Finlay to handle transportation, his Enforcer magic cradling both Isabelle and myself along with his partner.

"You don't have to come." I wanted to give the vampire girl an out since she looked almost sick at the prospect of joining me. But she shook her head immediately.

"I won't let you go alone," she said. "I know how they think and might be useful." Her hesitation told me there was a lot more she wasn't saying and I refused to go into this without all the information I needed.

I pulled her aside, glaring at the pair of witches to back off a second, which they did. I heard Sunny engage them in conversation, though what she talked about was lost to me as I focused on Isabelle.

"So this is going to be bad, then?" There was no other explanation for her reaction.

"I'm afraid so," she said. "The Czar might allow you to enter. But he considers himself a