‘Just
let out of your cell and now you’re making demands,’ the woman says.
‘If you didn’t want us to be
out, you should build better cells,’ Elle says. ‘Maybe invest in some windows.’
‘I’d ask you to keep quiet if
you know what’s good for you,’ the woman snaps.
‘Don’t talk to Elle like that,’
Yates demands.
‘I’d also asks that criminals
like yourselves watch your manners. You’re lucky to be out anyway.’
Windermere has shrunk to stand
behind her. She looks small despite standing so tall.
‘My name is Agatha,’ the woman
stares me in the eyes. They pierce me; threaten to read my every secret. ‘Why
are you not talking with Teague yet?’ she continues.
Because he won’t reply.
Be quiet, you. I think.
‘I still don’t know why you
think he’ll listen to us,’ I reply. ‘He double crossed us , I know you know
that. You know everything else.’
‘Well then we’ll connect you
together and take you to the other side of the world until he cooperates.’
It’ll never come to that.
‘And what do you want from him?’
‘We want to know what he and his
friend were planning to do when we caught them both.’
‘And where did you catch them?’
‘I’m not at liberty to disclose
that.’
We were sightseeing. Completely innocently. The girl and her ghost.
Sound familiar?
I
don’t trust either of them for a second. A lot of things are clear. One, that
Graham either won’t or can’t come to find us. Two, that we won’t get out of
this building without cooperating, and three, Yates would fall to his atoms if
we didn’t wasted too much more time.
‘Let’s go and see him,’ I say. ‘And
I’ll show you how little help we are.’
Agatha waves her hand towards
the cage. It strikes me how absurd this all is. ‘If we get him to cooperate,
then you release Yates and let us go.’
‘Release the boy from his
captivity I can agree to,’ Agatha says. ‘Your situation after will be put to
the council.’
First chance we get, Elle thinks. Run, opposite sides of the earth.
And
where will we all be meeting? Teague chips in.
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