6
Lower Chambers: The Thieves Guild
Damn these chambers and halls. They were causing Alice too much delay in reaching Intrepid. She paused to confer on the maps with Scorpio, assessing their surroundings to be sure it was the right place, then grabbed him by the chest and slammed him against the wall.
“What the…?”
“Shut up and laugh,” she said, leaning in close to him and smiling as she said, “And that’s when it fell in the toilet. You wouldn’t believe it if you were there yourself.”
His eyes narrowed, then went wide and he laughed, wrapping his arm around her just in time as a group of PD soldiers ran past. One glanced their way, but didn’t give them a second look.
When they had passed, Alice pulled free and swatted Scorpio’s hand away as he tried to pull her back close to him, joki
