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the second piece to hold it in place.
“Sit. Stay.”
If he followed her instructions any better, he’d have
grown a tail.
Crossing to the closet, Roxy yanked open the door
to find a little girl curled in the corner, huddled beneath
a snot-green blanket that Marin must have pulled from
the bed. Probably the only decent thing he’d done in
the past decade. Although maybe he just hadn’t wanted
to risk damaging the goods.
The kid’s eyes were closed, her chest fluttering as
she breathed through the gag Marin had tied around her
mouth. At least shewasbreathing, a bonus as far as
Roxy was concerned. No way she wanted to head back
with a cold little body instead of a warm one.
Been there. Done that.
Which was one of the many reasons she generally
avoided jobs that involved kids. But this job wasn’t actually about the kid. It was about getting information.
And it was about following orders.
Her directive was simple. One of Sutekh’s soul
reapers had been butchered. Her job was to gather information to ensure that the dead soul reaper stayed dead.
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Not an easy task, since she had no clue what the
dead reaper had to do with the live kid. Calliope Kane,
her direct superior in the Asetian Guard, had made it
clear that information was need-to-know only. No
surprise there. The Daughters of Aset were rarely forthcoming with anything but the most spare and sparse
details. After nearly a decade, Roxy was still little more
than a foot soldier in the ranks, which meant they
