THIRTY-TWO
Trick came back with all the items on the list in record time. Lyla added her items and they presented the basket to the dais. There were already baskets up there, so they weren’t first, but it didn’t matter. Prizes weren’t awarded until the end of the night and she had no intentions of still being here when the night came to a close.
The host dismissed them and took the basket away. Lyla heard Trick inhale as he turned to her, but she wasn’t waiting to hear him. Instead, she went to the bar.
Ivan had been a good help during the scavenger hunt. For one thing, he was taller than her, and he was good for getting other people out of the way when she was reaching for the same thing they were.
Lifting herself onto a stool at the bar, she waited for the bartender to co
