25 July, '94 — Auction House off Cobbler's Corner
Pennyworth, Hogsmeade
Daesyn Mackenzie

Market days also meant auction days as well, a day when the auction house in Pennyworth buzzed with activity. Bustling ladies and foppish men arrived early for the appraisals, and Charley liked to spot which ones left with galleons in their eyes. Those were the sort she knew to watch at auction, salivating over earnings that were sure to appear by day's end. All they had to do was wait until the winner of their auction lot returned with the right gold, and two people would walk off happy.

And all Charley had to do was get inside quick enough to be the happy one.

It was easy enough to arrive as a member of the public, stuffed into a dress that was still too long for her. Either the urchin was made all wrong for the borrowed dress, or Billie had somehow managed to stay scrawnier than her on the steady diet of Hogwarts buffets. Then again, it might just be the shirt and trousers that Charley layered on under the dress, fabric all bunched from where she pulled it up out of sight. She even enjoyed the auction itself, the energy of the crowd during the high-stakes bids settled her own stomach of nerves. It was only after that the dress made finding a place to hide more difficult, but once the auction house had emptied out for the afternoon she soon freed herself of the skirts and bodice holding her tight.

The empty hall gave the urchin space to shake out the shirt and trousers she emerged in, nearly forgetting to pull the ribbon from her hair. She hardly wore it down anymore, and it felt almost as forbidden as being in the locked building. The impish grin that plastered itself to her face was too much of a distraction, one that Charley tried hard to shake while she skulked back past the auction stage and into the curtained back room where the items were kept.

Which, by the time she was done, would be down one amulet as well.

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Daesyn had made her way to the auction house on a tip off. There was apparently an item on sale in the next few days that might be quite the lucrative find if it made its way into the right hands... her hands. Laughably it would much more likely end up around the neck of some clueless debutante and the riches that it would lead to would be gone forever. From her leaflet she could see that the lot in question was not up for sale until tomorrow, so she had to act tonight. She did not attend the auction itself, it would arouse suspicion if there was anyone that knew of her profession in attendance, so she had chosen to attend the after party.

She stood in the shadows of the street and closed her eyes, she muttered a few words and the translocation spell did its magic, she had visited this particular sale house before, and via an insider, she knew of its blind spots for magic so she would arrive undetected. Opening her eyes she peered through the thick curtains that separated the alcove where chairs were stacked from the main hall.

Wait? there was someone out there, in the gloom, the cursebreaker saw a figure moving silently across the room removing something from their hair, at a guess Daesyn would say mid teens, wand to her head she would say male, the hair was a bit on the long side, but here she was herself in trousers and a waistcoat herself so she was not to judge the movements of another's fashion. Daesyn cursed to herself that her tip might have gone to another breaker, despite being on the same side, the rivalry could be intense and Daesyn was not intent on losing her commission. But, on the other hand, the other miscreant could have nothing to do with the cursebreakers, and she had managed to get in here. Daesyn cursed herself again for her curious nature, the very nature that had her traversing the globe after treasure when her peers were getting fat off their easy married lifestyles.

She would watch for now, she cast a silence spell and crept out from hiding after the teenager went into the other room where the treasure lay, she would watch and she would wait.

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Charley Goode

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The urchin twirled the hair ribbon in her fingers while she prowled through the back room. It had far less dust than she'd expected, and she shook her own head at the idea her mind had conjured up about the place. She wasn't here for the fantasy of creeping through a dusty warehouse, with mysteries or booby-traps promised by every shadow and corner. The glimmer in her eye was for the necklace alone tonight.

Charley had to give a tug to her own trousers to keep away from the dozens of crates and boxes in the room, all of them pleading for the attention of her eyes. If she ever gave in, she could surely spend all night pouring over the contents of the auction house. There were just too many tempting items for an urchin girl not to be drawn to their splendor, it was only her stubborn side that was keeping her from wild abandon. Even knowing she would regret it when she was caught come morning wasn't enough to compel her to the task at hand, Charley had to physically steer herself away.

There!

When she finally recognized the case from the auction display, Charley eyes bulged and she nearly jumped with excitement. It drove her right up to the slim wooden case, just barely too big for her to slip inconspicuously inside her shirt. The jewelry itself would easily fit in any of her pockets, all she had to do was get to it first.

The urchin did jump the moment her hand touched the case, shot back across the room until a heavy crate abruptly ended her short flight. Some kind of protection spell, she realized when the pain of the impact cleared enough to think again. Getting to her feet, the urchin grimaced at the case as she circled it, wondering how she was going to open the case now.

This had all been a lot easier in her head earlier.

"Open sesame!" With her hands poised above the case, not quite touching, Charley compelled it to open with the most ancient spell she knew. One by one, she pried her eyes back open, only to see a closed case in front of her still. She wasn't stupid enough to try touching it again, not this time, and her mouth twisted bitterly. "Figured it." She blew out a breathe, glaring at the case, "Yer not so tough, I'll get ya to crack."

Reaching inside her trousers, Charley took out her wand. Now came the tricky part for the undereducated urchin, which spell to use.

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You had my curiosity, now you have my attention...

What was that young girl up to? She had made a bee line past all manner of trinkets and treasures, right towards the amulet, Daesyn's amulet. The woman continued to watch though as the girl waved her hands about chanting open sesame, this brought a little smirk to her face, that was a phrase for kids and actors, but her use of it spoke of a relaxed demeanor. Perhaps she would use the correct spell next as she reached for her wand. The cursebreaker had her own wand in hand and gently rolled it back and forth. If Charley got the amulet out, she was confident she could hit her with a stunning spell and take the prize, she wasn't going to be out done by some other random treasure seeker.

"Alohomora" She silently mouthed as she spied the thief considering her options. She was enjoying this too much, she needed to get back on task, a voice in her head told her, walk out there, stun the girl, take the amulet and have her framed for the robbery, the whole situation was almost a gift from Merlin himself. "You've got to the count of twenty... one... two..." she spoke. The silence spell meant she wouldn't be heard, but would charley sense the intense gaze from the more experienced witch behind her? Perhaps not, but she should probably hurry before she was interrupted.

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Charley Goode

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Cheap. Everything in this place was cheap and meager. The building had seen better days, and Charley had encountered better security at the stalls in the market. That no one stuck around after hours to keep an eye on the merchandise, the very rare and irreplaceable items up for auction, told the urchin where all the money was going: right into the locks.

And her backside already had the bruises to prove it.

Teeth bit her lower lip as the urchin considered the case. There was something peculiar about it that was giving her pause. Or something about this place. She couldn't quite shake how easily it had been to stay hidden after hours, and now Charley felt a shiver run down her back. This place wasn't right, not after dark anyway. Best to get the necklace and get out, quick as she please.

"Alohamora, " she tried, doing everything the way that Mrs. Mann taught her for spells. Her every intention was focused on lock of the case, on its complex —and clearly magical— workings, and it was easy to see it unlocked in her mind's eye. After that, opening it and taking the necklace would be the easy part. Charley thought she might even try it on, there were mirrors in here for all the daytime clientelle after all, it would be a shame to see them go to waste.

A few things happened all at once after her spell.

Nothing, at first, which made Charley frown. She started to wonder if she had performed the spell correctly in the first place, and was about to raise her wand when...

The urchin realized that she was not alone. Someone, or worse something was in here with her. It explained her unsettling feeling from earlier, and she looked wistfully at the case before deciding. But before she could turn to dash out the door...

Charley clapped her hands to her ears as a great clanging sound filled the auction house. Her eyes widened, and her bruises flared, to realize what it was. She had been right, this place was cheap except where it counted. All that gold was going right into the very loud wards that were currently shrieking alarm at her attempt to bypass them.

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Daesyn heard the young girl cast the spell and then she flinched as the alarm spell went off. Of course she had mentally suggested the alohamora in the first place so she wouldn't judge, but it was probably time she revealed her presence before half of hogsmeade woke up and magical law enforcement were called to deal with them.

She stepped forward and placed her hand on the other girl's shoulder and cast a spell. "Protentus Tempus" she removed her hand from Charley's shoulder and stepped forward towards the locket. Charley would see everything but the two of them slow down to an almost standstill, to the point she could even see the sound wave of the alarm spell moving outwards in a sphere centimetre by centimetre towards the invisible extent of the cursebreaker's time stretching spell. The physical contact had allowed Daesyn to exempt them both from the effect but the sound would reach the edge soon enough and the older woman needed to act fast.

The silence spell that Daesyn had cast had ended when she cast a new spell so Charley would hear her muttering to herself. "Come on you little bastard, where are you?" she had in her hand a small dark metal item and was rummaging around as if trying to find something on the underside of the box that contained the locket. If she could find the enchanted source of the alarm, then she could use her own item to neutralise it and then maybe, just maybe, they could avoid the guards long enough to claim their prize. "Do something useful, thief, hold this." she was leaning the locket box quite far forward and it was in danger of toppling over, restricting the use of Daesyn's hand and slowing down her investigation of the alarm. If Charley did help, she would quickly find the item, disable it and they could plan their next move. If she didn't, then there might have to be more hasty action taken.

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Charley Goode

  

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The sound of the alarm rang unmistakably through the building, and no doubt beyond it as well. Her nerves beat to the same rhythm as the alarm, sending fear rippling through her body. Charley wasn't the sort to run or freeze rather, she bit down hard on her lip until the word started to form on her lips. "Co—"

She stopped, gripped by a hand on her shoulder that made Charley turn, ready to face her watcher from the shadows. The would-be attacker raised her wand, mirroring Charley's eyes —who thought they couldn't get any bigger. But the spell wasn't meant for her at all, instead it just seemed to affect everything else. Just as quickly as she appeared, the woman lost interest in her, leaving the urchin rattled and her mouth hung open.

If she didn't do something, Charley was about to lose her prize.

"What'dya think yer doin'?" she cried in alarm, and now the urchin angled her head to see what was happening with the case. A hiss came past her clenched teeth, and before she knew it, Charley blurted out a warning, "I wouldn't—"

But there was no blast of magic or flying through the air for the lady who had shown up at just the right time. Just how long had she been sitting there, waiting? One of the auction house's staff, ready to laugh at Charley's mangled attempt? She opened her mouth again, but the woman's timing was as impeccable as always, filling the space with a command.

"I en't a thi—!" Charley shut her mouth at the look from the woman, one that made her grit her teeth instead. She did as ordered, grimacing until her fingers touched the box and she, too, failed to launch for the second time. Whatever the lady had done to it, the case was no longer putting up a fight. That would spare the urchin an extra injury when she reached in to snatch the necklace once the woman finally got it open.

Her free hand was poised to do just that, while the other held the case as instructed. It wasn't folly if it worked, and her plan only had to work once.

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The girl did her part and with both of her hands free, Daesyn was able to get properly in to the box and work her own kind of magic. The enchanted device made a barely audible click and a quite from the stone spoke a few words in gobbledegook and the box, previously of magical defence suddenly seemed no more than a well made glass fronted box. As Daesyn leaned the box back and placed it down, the bump caused the front door to swing open as if it had never been locked in the first place.

The quick handed youngster made her move, better placed than Daesyn she had her hands around the prize. But the cursebreaker too was no first timer and was almost as quick and before Charley even had chance to turn, twelve inches of Aspen and a look that could kill told her that she needed to consider her next action very carefully. "Do you really want to do this right now? There will be guards here imminently, I suggest you follow my instructions." She let her smile curl into a wicked grin, she was older, more experienced and already had her wand ready. Charley could turn her back and run, she could reach for her own wand and try to quick draw, she could even physically strike the woman facing her, but which of those options did she think would have her walking out of here.

While charley had time to think she suggested another course. "Put it back and come with me. We shall wait for the guards to do their rounds and discover that there is nothing amiss, then return at our leisure to take our prize without alarm? Capsice?" she raised her eyebrows a couple of times playfully. If Charley did in fact understand, then the pair would retire to Daesyn's previous hiding spot without their loot but would only need to wait a few minutes before the guards were here to check up on their alarm.

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Charley Goode

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Charley couldn't figure this lady out. Grabbing hold of the necklace had been easy enough, almost too easy. Now that she was holding it, the woman hadn't blasted her away. Which, the urchin figured, was proof enough that she wasn't responsible for maintaining security in the auction house. That should have been a relief to her, if the woman hadn't been so useful in helping her retrieve the necklace from the case. Nobody offered that kind of aid, particularly unasked, without wanting something in return.

Well, the cost was going to be rather high if this lady wanted the necklace for herself.

"An' I suggest you think real careful if yer gonna think 'bout pulling a fast one." Charley wasn't in the mood to be lectured, not after the bump on her head. Nor after suffering that indignity, and of sounding the blaring alarm —whose memory was still rattling her eardrums— with some silent witness who wouldn't even show herself until everything was already mucked up. "I en't one to fall for tricks, mind, and I en't in need of saving. I was gettin' on fine 'til you showed up."

She glowered at the lady, not just for barging into her —well, she would have sorted it eventually— heist, but now for suggesting Charley offer up the whole point of it. Like it was some kind of sacrifice or penance. If this was one big ruse from the auction's guards to begin with, then the urchin was probably in for a bigger world of hurt than she'd felt tonight already. "Fine." Agreement came reluctantly, and Charley made sure that she was the one who replaced the necklace in its case, taking care to make it look the same way as her eyes had first seen . "Jes 'member that's mine. I here first."

"I thought you weren't a thief. "

Charley hated wanting to laugh, this wasn't the time nor was the lady anywhere near as funny as she thought. Instead, her reply came quick on the heels of the lady snapping the case shut and replacing all the work they'd done to undo it all. "Yeah, 'member that, too."

The urchin folded her arms when they hunkered into the lady's hiding spot. It was actually a rather good one, not that she was going to allow herself to think it. No, that'd be giving up more than she wanted, and Charley had given up plenty tonight already. She spent the quiet moments readying herself, keeping a wary eye on the guard and the other on that magic item the woman had used to quiet the alarm. If she only had something like that, things would have gone much easier in the first place.

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Daesyn found herself smiling, quite impressed at the willingness to threaten her in order to stake her claim on the trinket. That kind of confidence was essential in their lines of work. She nodded and would consider herself well warned.

The pair, one thief and one not, hid in Daesyn's little bolt hole while all around them went quiet again. The cursebreaker could hear her heart pounding in her chest, for all her bravado there was always the risk of capture, what if the guard had seen this before, what if he was a little more imaginative… what if he had a dog? These were all challenges that Daesyn pushed to the back of her mind while she imagined her payday. ”You were here first, no doubting that, all I want is ten minutes with the locket, then on my honor you will end the night with the locket intact and in your pocket. Sound fair?” her whisper stopped suddenly as footsteps became louder and entered the room they had occupied. The guard was muttering something to himself that Dae couldn't hear, but she saw the light from his wand cast shadows around the room and across the treasure from the crack she spied through. Her heart was racing and it made her feel alive to be this close to being caught. He muttered again, something about bats, then turned and left to continue his patrol elsewhere. The plan had worked, and finally the woman let out the breath that she was holding and dared to step out from her hiding spot. Closely shadowed by the younger woman. She gingerly crossed the room again, looking at the glimmering locket, and waiting to snatch it.

”Do we have a deal then? I get ten minutes, you get the loot? I imagine it's of great sentimental value to your family or something, seeing as you aren't a thief?” she teased Charley, but if the girl was to trust her to honor the bargain she had to negotiate in good faith, there was no sense in racing to snatch the locket and simply ended up back in the near duel that they could so easily have entered the last time one of them had their hands on the treasure. She even gestured towards the box in a “ladies first” manner. ”The alarm is disabled, we can take it at our leisure now. Did you bring anything to leave as a replacement?” The answer to this question would tell Daesyn a lot about the other thief. She herself had no reason to remove the locket once she had the information she needed so had intended to leave it in situ so as not to arouse suspicion. But what about Charley? How premeditated was this theft, a small paste copy, or a duplication charm might be very handy, if done right it might be a very long time before anyone noticed that the real locket was missing.

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Charley Goode

  

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In a hiding spot, there were certain things that could be done to avoid being spotted. Letting her arms drop, Charley kept herself low behind the woman, who by now she could tell was another thief. She didn't talk, and hardly breathed, watching the room brighten as someone else stepped from the shadows. A shopkeeper might be fooled in the stillness, or a home's owner by the lack of anything amiss. This one swept the room with a cold glare, knowing eyes creeping over every inch of their hiding spot.

The last thing that should happen in a hiding spot was talking. Words made the urchin shudder, thinking for an instant they had been found. She frowned instead, her arms folding again to glare at the chinwagging lady. "Ten whole minutes?" she hissed back, her eyes on the spot of light pulling her attention. "Who knows what you'd be up to with the thing by then."

The urchin stared with rapt interest on the light, her heart pumping fear and thrill all at once. This was the moment, she would either be discovered or not. Her muscles tensed to move fast, all while keeping completely still but for the fingers tightening in a fist around the necklace. It was hers, no one else's. Charley would rather eat the prize than let someone take it from her now.

Not even the predator that stalked her across the room, clear of invading threats once more.

"Ten minutes," Charley said with a warning tone, holding the fist to her chest. She bristled at the taunting, her story didn't matter much right now. Her other hand kept her wand ready in case the thief lady didn't like her deal. It was just basics, the urchin had something the lady wanted, who had to agree if she wanted to look at it. "An' I get to watch!"

Charley's curiosity could let her ignore getting the third degree from the lady, she only scoffed at the question. "You didn't? Bit o' poor planning, no?" It wasn't like she hadn't thought of leaving something in its place, the urchin figured a nicely written letter would do if she was being nice about it. Short and sweet, a simple thanks for the necklace perhaps. She grinned at the idea, not caring if it made the lady thief annoyed. If only the woman had a little trust in her.

And the urchin wasn't just about to hand that over for free, either.

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Daesyn listened well as her temporary partner in crime laid out her expectations from the deal, she was now quite confident that the girl was after the value of the locket and not the information contained within. Or perhaps she was, perhaps her seeming lack of knowledge of what the curse breaker had planned was a ruse, maybe she even intended to let Dae take the risk of activating the locket and then leaving to follow the lead. She nodded and smiled, it was what it was and she had little choice but to agree or fight.

"Very well then, you have yourself a deal, hand it over." the other girl hesitantly gave her the prize although Daesyn quickly snatched it out of the air to ensure there was no going back.

The older woman walked to the centre of the room and placed the gem on the ground, she pulled out her wand and began to mutter some incantations. The language may or may not have been something that Charley understood, it all depended on her familiarity with Native American magic. As she spoke the locket popped open and glowed faintly, surrounding both of them in a sphere of shimmering lights that looked like stars from certain angles, but runes from others. She walked around the circle muttering to herself. She paid little interest in Charley for the moment. The young woman pulled out a small notebook and scribbled down a few notes, flipping back and forth before her brow furrowed. She cast another spell and then stars spun rapidly around her, regressing the roughly five hundred years that had past since the locket was enchanted to place the stars where they were that day.

"No way?" she said to herself incredulously as she looked at the marks in the air. "I was just there!" She laughed and shook her head she guessed she might just be on a trip then. "Which one? There must be a hundred?" She followed the stars and the runes around in the circle, she was running out of time to find this last bit of information. Then she did, there it was, her destination and probably a big enough payday she could focus on marriage instead of work for a good couple of years. She grinned at Charley as she looked at a glowing pair of spots that were resting squarely on her chest right now. She took one last note and then flipped her pad shut and slipped it away. She had what she needed and with two minutes left for the two of them to just enjoy the light show.

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Charley had to give it to her, the lady knew how to make deals. Before she could even load a glop of spit in her hand, the necklace had been stolen from the other. Except not exactly stolen for the moment. She took up a spot near the woman, hovering a close distance away to keep an eye on whatever she was about to do to the locket. The last thing the urchin need was for her prize to get vanished, along with all her hard work to get it.

The spells being performed weren't like any she had seen before, not that the urchin had seen much in the way of advanced magic. That's what it felt like to her, something far more arcane than the simple spells that Hogwarts had taught to her. Not even Mrs. Mann used anything incredibly impressive, not after Charley had seen them in use anyway. It could just be that's how all magic was, utterly boring once she knew what was happening, but Charley had not a clue what the lady was uttering or its effect on the necklace.

She found herself dancing among the lights that surrounded them. They twisted and turned, sometimes forming shapes that might have held meaning if Charley had learned more. To her they were nothing more than artisinal gibberish, but the lady seemed to know better than that. Charley watched as she pulled out a notebook to write something down, something the woman was keeping very hidden from her.

"Don't hold back," the urchin piped up from over the woman's shoulder, "what's all that s'posed ta mean?"

All she got in return was a raised finger, and not the worst of the bunch. Charley still wrinkled her nose as she turned away, blowing air up from her lips. After all, she was being awfully nice to let the lady play with her prized necklace. "I en't asking for the moon, jes a meanin'."

Not that it changed the lady's demeanor, with an emphasis on meaner. The urchin stalked off, the desire to be elsewhere overriding her curiosity right now. Her feet took her to the outer room again, still chilled from the gust of evening air that had ushered in, then out, the guard they'd avoided earlier. One whose knowing eyes still sent a shiver down Charley's spine. She wouldn't mind never running into those eyes ever again.

Charley stopped short near her first hiding place, from before the place closed for the night. It had been carefully searched, she could tell just by looking. Creeping closer, teeth digging into her lips, she peeked around the obstruction that had hidden her from view. "Bleedin' hell!" she swore under her breath, her heart suddenly pounding, expecting the guard to reach out from her hiding spot to pull her into his claws.

Her hiding spot was empty, of her discarded dress as well.

The moment passed and left her unscathed, but the urchin wasn't about to test that. She hurried back to the lady, standing near the circle of lights that still flickered and danced on their own. Since she seemed to be all finished with whatever the locket had to tell, Charley took the opportunity again. Not to admit about her missing dress, no, not on her life. All she wanted to do was know what was going on. "That little trinket could do all this?"

She had eyes more for the woman than the light show, glancing up from beneath curls ruffled by the night's adversity. "Not just a necklace, issit?"

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Daesyn was satisfied, and she was more than happy now to be interrupted by this new aquintance, the locket had divulged its secrets and all its glory had folded back into the small silver-coloured piece of jewellery. The other girl was curious and rightly so, she was also not backwards in coming forward, a trait that Daesyn could respect.

"Alright then, I'll tell you." She grinned, now convinced that Charley was not,, in fact a rival curse breaker. "It's a puzzle piece... of sorts. Truly something quite enlightening." The glint was in Daesyn's eye, Charley might even recognise the look, it was one of a woman who just found the combination to the safe. "Accio" she said, catching the locket in her hand as it sprung up from the ground and she took the few steps towards the young thief. Daesyn opened her hands to extend the necklace like a who might be presenting it to a courted woman. She reached up and, if Charley let her, placed it around her neck to return it to its new and rightful owner.

She admired the necklace hanging from the thief's neck. "No, it isn't just a necklace, it's the next piece in a long puzzle I have been working on for a little while now, it's a map."

"In this little bauble? Whoa, carry me out! A map to what, 'xactly?"

Daesyn nodded slowly, a fun realisation dawning on her, once they had gathered up their things and left, perhaps this wouldn't be the end of their story. "You know, you remind me an awful lot of myself when I was your age. Don't ever lose that.

So... I'll let you in on a little secret, but if you tell anyone you will regret it. And don't think this an idle threat Miss." She gave a slightly sinister bitter sweet smile that let Charley know she was serious. Daesyn had killed people before, she couldn't just tell the girl that in case the authorities were informed, but she hoped her tone might be enough to make sure their confidence was kept.

She took a breath before glancing left and right to ensure they weren't being watched then moved in close to the teenager like conspiratorial partners. "It's an Island in South America, supposedly the location of a temple filled to the rafters with riches, riches that my employer would pay a grand finders fee for. So that is where I shall be heading once I have made my preparations." She raised an eyebrow suggestively, she was in a playful mood and felt like she knew what the other girl's next words might be.

"I might see to cut you in if you continue to prove so handy?"

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