Chapter 99: Sorry, Little Bird

Vin drummed his fingers onto the tabletop of Cullen Reich’s private game room. The wait was pissing him off. He had a clear idea why Cullen ever so politely invited him into his territory and into his private establishment.

“He’s going to gloat,” said Soren during their earlier meeting. “Callie will be there, that’s given. But we have no news whatsoever after her location was confirmed. We don’t know if…”

“We don’t know if she’s alright,” Vin finished for him. “She’s alive. That much, I’m certain. He wouldn’t call me out like this otherwise.”

The date of their meeting came. Two full days after Callie left, no, since Callie was taken.

Vin reached into his jacket pocket and retrieved a small flask. The whiskey burned down his throat, but it did nothing to ease his nerves.

On the outside, he was a picture of calm, but the storm in his eyes betrayed his exterior.

Callie was somewhere in Reich’s territory. The plan was already in place, he only needed to set a few more pieces on the board