Chapter NineVeronika and Khalid arrived at the warehouse after dark, and she could tell by the looks on a couple of the Disciples' faces that they weren't fully expected to return. They were warmly greeted and directed to a couple of fruit baskets on a picnic table outside Hyatt's office door. It was as if nothing had happened, and she wondered which of them had gotten a piece of her while she was lying in the pentagram.
“Why, Mary and Jude have returned,” Hyatt came out with a big grin, wearing a cheap Hawaiian shirt and khaki pants. “We hoped that after going off to reconsider, you would return to our crusade with greater determination than before.”
“Like I told you, we're all in,” Veronika said grimly. She did not want to give any of them the impression she was back for another gangba
