Lost Legacy by Dana Mentink

Author:Dana Mentink [Mentink, Dana]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Suspense
Publisher: Steeple Hill
Published: 2012-06-27T05:00:00+00:00

TWELVE

Pushing a heavy round grate aside, they emerged from the tunnel into a darkening courtyard. Victor sucked in a lungful of clean air, delicious after the stale environment in the tunnels. It took him a second to get his bearings and realize that Stryker was right. They were in the rear of the Professor House, the opening tucked neatly behind a clump of overgrown shrubbery that made it nearly invisible to any casual passersby.

He was not surprised to see that Stryker had not emerged from the tunnels.

“Is he okay?” Brooke said, peering back down into the space while Victor replaced the grate. “I don’t see any sign of him.”

“I’m sure he’s fine. Chances are he’s the one who left his gear in that room I saw. He’s probably living down there.”

“But you want to check it out again?”

He nodded. “There’s something there that seemed odd but I couldn’t put my finger on it and Stryker certainly didn’t want us to investigate.” He noticed an odd look on Brooke’s face. “Something wrong?”

“I… No. All that creeping around is making me paranoid.”

“Do you think Stryker will show up tomorrow?” Stephanie said.

Victor considered. “Maybe. He still hasn’t gotten any money out of the deal.”

Brooke sighed. “This whole thing just keeps getting more complicated.”

“I’ll second that,” Tuney said, emerging from the Professor House. “Just got here and I went inside to use the phone when you all popped out of the ground like a pack of gophers. What happened?”

“Stryker showed us another way out.” Victor saw Tuney’s eyes search the darkness. “He didn’t want to stick around.”

“Sounds like an upstanding guy.” Tuney scowled as they walked back to the women’s dormitory. He checked his phone on the way, listening intently to a voice-mail message.

Victor tried to put the events in order in his mind, to gain some sort of clarity about their next attempt. Should they even try to access the tunnels again? To risk another collapse again for the sliver of a chance that Brooke’s theory was correct?

More than a sliver. The painted pawns proved Colda had been down there.

But they didn’t prove he’d stashed a Tarkenton there, Victor reminded himself grimly. “I think we’ve had enough excitement for one day. Let’s start again tomorrow.”

When they reached the dorm, Tuney excused himself. “I’ll be busy tomorrow. Don’t suppose it would do any good to tell you three to stay out of trouble until I get back?”

“Probably not,” Stephanie said.

Victor noticed the worry lines around Tuney’s face, deeper than they had been before. “Is there anything you need to tell us?”

He raised a thick eyebrow. “No.”

“Sure?” Victor pressed.

“Yeah.” He turned and marched away into the darkness.

Victor walked the ladies to their room and again did his security check of the building. “All locked up tight, but leave your cell phones on anyway.”

Victor saw a trickle of fear in Brooke’s face. “So what’s the plan for tomorrow?”

Was she afraid he would call it off? Or that he wouldn’t? His mind wandered back to his earlier outburst.

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