anything. Even Gisela does not seem to know where her brother has disappeared
to." He gave Rafael a penetrating glance.
"Yes, Mike," Jane cut in silkily. "Where is he?"
Mike looked at Lew, who gave a shrug. "He is doing a job for me at present,"
br /> he answered, glad that the construction of the Crystal Chamber prevented anyone
from reading his mind. "He volunteered for the task, and it seemed the best
thing at the time."
"He volunteered? For what? When? Why?" Jane-was determined to get to the
bottom of things. "He was at dinner three nights ago, and then he vanished."
"I don't understand any of this," Dom Damon grumbled.
Mike weighed things in his mind, and decided that he had better give them a
bone to chew on, something to distract them. "Herm has the Aldaran Gift, and
