Chapter 641
When Katelina finally joined the others, Andrei was in the middle of his thank yous. He held a small box under one arm, and shook Verchiel's hand.
The redhead looked unusually serious. "I'm sorry we were only able to recover a body."
"A body is better than never knowing," Andrei said. "It will give her mother closure."
After he left, Katelina asked what was in the tiny box.
"Her ashes," Jorick said. "He didn't want Annabelle to see her like that."
Torina's words came back to her. "We send men to do the things we'd rather not do ourselves, and expect them to hold up under strain we refuse to carry."
It was three in the morning. There wasn't enough time to drive to the airport and get to Ohio before the sun was up.
Jorick nodded. "If we had a private airstrip like Andrei, we could land and sleep in the plane, but with the terrorism scare in Ohio, I don't think we'd better risk it."
Micah dropped into a chair and lit a cigarette. "Good. Slave can go fold my laundry."