Mind Reading 9

Jace stared at the sleeping form, spent several nerve-wracking moments gathering his focus, and found himself strolling the byways of someone else’s mind.

With a gasp, Jace was back in his own head.

“Well,” Kallist asked. “Is she guilty?”

“I can’t say for certain, but I’d imagine so,” Jace murmured sadly.

Kallist blinked. “What do you mean, you can’t say?”

“That’s not her beneath those covers. It’s one of her guards, wide awake, and there are more on the way. Kallist, they knew we were coming!”

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Agents of Artifice, Chapter 10-11