Elven Lies (Court of Rebellion Book 3) by Kathrin Hutson

Author:Kathrin Hutson [Hutson, Kathrin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Exquisite Darkness Press
Published: 2025-02-11T00:00:00+00:00

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One of the most secure high-end magical storage facilities? And Aldous had a key to one of these units?

The pieces clicked into place almost simultaneously after that until Rebecca realized with a start what it all meant.

Holy shit. Bor was right.

Aldous had kept a personal vault elsewhere in this city, which he’d no doubt used to secret away everything he didn’t want to share with the rest of his task force.

But it wasn’t his anymore.

How convenient for him to have left this key in his desk before he died.

This could turn out to be the big break Shade needed to outfit them enough that they actually stood a chance going up against Harkennr when the time came—or, at the very least, to keep him from taking advantage of their under-resourced position ever again.

She still had to find this vault in the city, open it, and see what Aldous had been hiding in there all this time. But with this new information, letting herself hope this key opened the solution to so many of their current problems didn’t feel quite so dangerous anymore.

Breaking into a victorious grin, Rebecca rounded the head of the bed between her and her host, who was on his feet again by the time she reached him.

“That’s excellent news, Mr. Kaplan,” she said, extending her hand. “Thank you so much for your time and assistance.”

He stared at her extended hand in wary hesitation, as if he couldn’t bear the thought of being touched by anyone. But then he seemed to think Rebecca wasn’t reaching out for a handshake and happily placed the key against her open palm instead until she took it from him.

No handshake, then. Fine.

“It’s really no problem at all, Miss Knox,” he said, dusting off his hands. “And no charge. As a matter of fact, I’ll even waive the consultation fee. Just for you. As long as he never comes back.”

When he thrust a finger toward Rowan again, Rowan burst out laughing.

Mr. Kaplan still looked thoroughly terrified by the thought of ever seeing the Blackmoon Elf again.

“I’ll do my best to hold up to my end of it,” Rebecca said, not knowing how else to address the issue. “And to make sure he holds up to his end.”

“Yes, well, I suppose we can only hope that’ll be enough.” He scurried around the bed, his hands fluttering toward the tunnel leading back to the alley, visibly shaken once again in his eagerness to be rid of them both.

Rebecca hurried that way, beckoning Rowan with a sharp look to join her.

He kept laughing. “You really pulled through, Kaplan. I didn’t know what to expect, but I’m pleasantly surprised.”

The compliment made the old elf bluster and stammer that much more before he pointed toward the exit and shouted, “Just get out!”

Rowan lifted both hands and backed down the tunnel before spinning around to walk out through the darkness.

Rebecca followed him, their host close on her heels, as if he wouldn’t be satisfied until he saw them both back in the alley.

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