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Annja bent her knees slightly, prepared for defense, but cautious.

“I’ve got my eye on a new treasure,” he announced. The epee swept the air in a hiss. “It is another sword. A magical one.”

“You believe in magic?” Annja countered.

“I believe what I saw when I watched you in the file room on the security cameras. You wielded a fine sword, Annja Creed. And you produced it from thin air. Where is it? Bring it out of wherever it is you keep it. I want to see it.”

She remained silent. Alert. Ready.

“I know something about you,” he said in a singsongy tone. “Your Monsieur Roux wasn’t quite so careful as he should have been.”

Roux had come here? What was the old man up to now? She didn’t like what that implied.

“I’ve done my research on your Roux and Joan,” he said. “I know, Annja, I know.”