With little hope, Koshmarnyk glanced at the cabinets. If the desk held no answers, it was unlikely they would give him any either. His risky escapade was turning out disappointing, and he hesitated. Reason demanded he leave before someone discovered him, but something still tugged at his instincts. Koshmarnyk couldn’t quite describe the feeling that demanded he stay, but he knew he wasn’t done with Ervan’s quarters yet. Perhaps the sly adept didn’t keep his secrets where he knew a thief would look. If they were so dangerous that they could reveal his dealings with the demons outside the city, they would be in another place, not a desk or cabinets.
Koshmarnyk checked the desk’s exterior, searching for any indication of hidden compartments or mechanisms, then he repeated the process along t
