Chapter 64

Throughout the stroll through the hallways, the ride up the invisible elevator, and the walk across the casino’s darkened entrance hall, the fine hairs on the back of my neck continued to stand on end. Whoever or whatever had followed us past the bookshelves was now shadowing us as we stepped out of the casino.

Admiralty Arch stood a few hundred feet away beyond a courtyard, where a black limousine pulled out and disappeared through its middle arch. It was still dark outside, with the only illumination coming from the stars.

As we continued toward the steps that led to street level, the smaller ogre we had met earlier broke away from where he had been standing with his colleagues and fixed us with a hard glower.

“Watch yourselves,” he snarled.

I turned to meet his black eyes. “Are you really the Administrator of Bad Debts’ supervisor?”

His heavy features split into a grin of crooked teeth. “Is that what he told you?”

I rolled my eyes. “Of course it was a lie.”

He reached into the pock