“WHAT A TOTAL WASTE of time.” Back in New York, Charouth tried to contact Remiel to update him on her meeting with Jack, but Remiel wasn’t answering. Graphathas bore the brunt of her rant. After stashing some fresh sweets in the fridge, she grabbed a bottle of water and chugged half of it in one gulp. Flying from Indonesia was thirsty work.
“Toss me one will you?” Graph's fingers clicked away on a laptop in the dining room. Single-handedly he caught the bottle she tossed to him without taking his eyes off the screen. “That lapis legit straight from the source?”
“Yup. My favorite hole in the wall outside of Padang. Only place on the planet that still makes it right.”
“So I gather whatever led you over there didn’t pan out.”
“Not a what. Who. The human from the Order.”
“Same one who t
