Deleted Scene
A SCENE WITH JORDAN and Luca which got cut for not fitting into the flow of the story, set in the middle of the book:
Contacting the Hercules and negotiating with him would take at least a few days. Dr. Berti would try to speed up the process, of course, but there was only so much to do without appearing suspicious. Meanwhile, we all tried to act as natural as possible. Tony continued hassling everyone, Pradip continued avoiding everyone, Carter kept on looking bored—no doubt he didn’t even have to fake that—and Hayley mingled sporadically with whoever happened to be around.
For my part, I kept to the fringes of the gatherings. Luca had taken to hanging out with me. He didn’t say much, but he was there. I wasn’t sure if it was supposed to be a show of support or if he want
