Patrick Carman - 39 Clues 05 by The Black Circle

Author:The Black Circle
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2011-11-27T15:24:52+00:00

CHAPTER 9

Irina Spasky’s thumb hovered over the send button on her phone. She couldn’t seem to bring herself to make the call. She took a deep breath and put the phone back in the pocket of her thin black coat.

The Kabras can wait, she thought, turning away from Alexander Palace. Irina began to walk, alone as usual, toward the pond at the other side of the palace grounds.

She had watched Dan and Amy enter the palace, seen them run out toward that wreck of a car they’d purchased. They had been laughing.

That bothered her. They were happy, these two. They would get into their tiny automobile and continue on until, eventually, they would lead Irina to trouble of the worst kind. A Lucian double agent. Perhaps a Madrigal.

They’d found something in the palace, this much was obvious. They were in deeper trouble than they realized.It doesn’t have to end badly, she tried to convince herself. Another child flashed before her eyes, younger, blonder. Why do I remember him best as a toddler?

She remembered little of the last days, and almost nothing about the funeral. Almost everything had faded away but the weather.

She would never forget the low, oppressive clouds and soft snow as they lowered the casket into the ground. Since then, there had been too many days and nights alone, too much time to think, and far too much compromised.

Lose a child, and you lose your soul.

Irina took the phone in her hand again and this time she didn’t hesitate to press the button.

“Finally,” snapped Ian Kabra. “Have we got anything to worry about?““Yes,” said Irina. She’d arrived at the pond and stood staring into the algae-covered water. “Someone helps them.

Someone high up in the Lucian branch. It must be.““What makes you think so?” Ian asked.”They’ve just left Alexei’s Playroom. They must know about the Lucian connection to the Romanovs.”

“Make sure they don’t find themselves in possession of sensitive material. You know what’s at stake. One step closer and you’ll have to remove them.““I know.”Irina paused, but the temptation to goad was too strong.”It won’t be just me your father punishes,” she warned softly, and clicked off her phone.

At least she wasn’t being asked to do anything too drastic to the children yet. She took a device out of her pocket and turned it on.

A small screen came to life.”Where are you off to now, Dan and Amy Cahill?” she said.

Irina had already placed the coordinates from the parking lot into the device. A distant satellite beamed images onto her screen, zooming in closer and closer until the top of a blue car came into view.

“Not bad,” Irina said, pleased with the clever device the Lucians had only recently put into use in the field.

The car was blurry and lacking detail on the screen, but the tiny blue top was unmistakable.

This will be easier than I thought.

Irina got in her own car, keeping the blue on-screen as she took chase. Two minutes later, the small car turned right.”Off the main road,” she mumbled, seeing Dan and Amy turn off the highway.

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