They didn’t speak a word about Gage’s fieldtrip to Detroit. No one else had to know. It would be their secret. And keeping it brought them closer. As Gage watched Dakota lie to Adelaide when he explained the events, he provided a warm smile. He may have despised the impromptu intervention in the moment, but by the time they got back to their stronghold, he seemed grateful for it. Perhaps even embarrassed that it happened.
Dakota was just satisfied that Gage still wanted to be in the same room with him.
But he didn’t have much time to dwell on it. After they provided their report—explaining that one of the bad guys did get away, with some pretty wicked talismans—Adelaide’s new assistant called them all over to her laptop.
Katya Pishchalnikova. Dakota couldn’t even begin to pronounce her
