The four had gathered there for a final discussion, prior to their infiltration of Krays’s Library. The conversation was not going well. ‘I want to emphasise how dangerous this is,’ Ana said, slouching into one of Griel’s armchairs. ‘If you two mess up, it will be me who is punished first.’ Her stare was unfriendly and devoid of anything resembling sympathy or fellow-feeling. ‘I still do not like this plan.’ Tren shrugged. ‘We’re open to other suggestions.’ ‘I have none, of course,’ Ana snapped. ‘Otherwise I would never have agreed to this folly. Let me say again: the utmost care must be taken in everything, especially when you are going to places that you should not.’ ‘Yes, yes,’ Tren sighed. Ana had gone over this multiple times already, and even Eva’s patience was running out. Ana glared at him. ‘It has occurred to you, I suppose, that he will insist on tracering you both.’ Eva grimaced. Tracers seemed to be popular with the Lokant Libraries. The tiny tracking devices were embedded somewhere in the body, so that they couldn’t be removed or switched off by the bearer.
