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BLAIR'S POV CONTINUES

It took two days to get a stable location for Master X. For the next two days, we watched the red, blinking dot on the digital map move from country to country.

Master X didn't find any rest in forty-eight hours, and we grew weary of following beelines.

Brian barely spoke to me or Steven during those two days, seeming absent-minded and intensely focused on the map, taking sips from his wine glass.

His behavior in the last forty-eight hours was worrying, and Steven insisted we didn't engage him beyond what he was willing to share.

He had developed a strong drinking habit; his wine glass never left his hand, nor was it ever empty.

Anytime I tried to speak, Steven would immediately signal me to let him be. We were both worried about Brian, and I feared he might hurt himself, but Steven didn't think of that.

It was day three of watching an unstable criminal across the globe, but this time, it didn't take more than three hours for the tracking dot to come to a st