Chapter 20 COLFAX
Colfax’s plan was much too thin for his liking. Nearly two weeks on the Isle and the Sapphire Wall was still his only lead. He headed out of the inn, his wheels spinning, his fingers already twitching in his coat pocket.
Calm down, he told his brain and his hands. Just think.
If he were a member of a powerful group who worshipped a gem, where would he hide it? Although maybe that was the wrong question. In his experience, people with power and wealth flaunted it. They showed it off so other people would know to treat them with a higher degree of respect. This group might not be like the ones he’d stolen from over the years.
Gehry’s background report had at least told him his target’s size was comparable to an apple seed. Not that that made him feel any better. It was
