“Are we ready?” Gerben asked soon after he arrived at the house. “As ready as I’m going to be,” Caiden replied. He was dressed all in black, as were the others. He had also morphed back to himself. If Leander did show up, Caiden wanted him to know exactly who was responsible for his downfall. They drove to the galley, rather than have Gerben teleport them. As Gerben pointed out, Caiden and Theirn would be on their own to return to the house, after he took off with Leander. They parked two blocks away and walked the rest of the way to Bernard’s Fine Art, each man keeping on high alert for any sign of Leander. They arrived just when the gallery was closing, then waited for fifteen minutes to be certain John and the women had left. At that point, Caiden went around to the back door and let

