22
Covert Operations
Leminster pulled one of the chairs away from the front wall and sat down between Julian and Raedrick's desks, facing the cell block. Bart did the same. It seemed an awkward way to have a conversation, so Julian pulled his chair around so he was sitting in front of the cell block door, that way they could all be more or less facing each other.
The Marshall took a moment to collect himself, then drew a breath. "We didn't, strictly speaking, come up here to retrieve your prisoner."
"How's that?" Julian looked, confused, from Leminster to Raedrick.
For his part, Raedrick looked only mildly surprised. "I wondered why it took four Marshalls to escort one man."
Leminster smiled thinly and nodded. "Normally doesn't. In point of fact, we're mostly here to keep tabs
