WILL STARED AT Adi, now seated again at her desk, a hand on her injured side. “The crystal key?” he repeated, searching his memories for a clue. “Does that mean anything to you? To anybody?”
The crystal key?Case and Stone shook their heads.
Adi hesitated. “It likely refers to something your parents…acquired. Perhaps without the full permission of all parties involved.”
“My parents weren’t thieves,” Will said, bristling.
Adi’s face showed a rare softness. “I’m sorry, William, but that very much depends on your perspective. Whenever your parents brought artifacts back from an expedition, they would do so legally—”
“So why—”
“By legally, I mean the necessary paperwork always existed, signed by the appropriate customs and excise officials. Such paperwork, such signatures can be obtained
