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“Crunchem Hall is the school in Matilda,” he explained.
Before them four police cars were fanned out in a semicircle in front of the bank entrance.
although the same couldn’t be said of the Chinese spy who’d lured her there.
Tru
Everyone else at Vauxhall Cross thinks we’re making an educational film to be shown in schools across the UK.
“Anyone can hide under darkness of night, but the cunning one hides out in plain sight,” recited Tru.
“Not ours, pet, just yours,” she answered.
Brook is by herself for the mission
“Right,” she said. “Because that’s what you like to do, help me,” she scoffed. “The only thing you want to help me do is look foolish so you can get your revenge.”
Le Fantôme took another bite. They have no idea how much the world is going to change in the next three days, he thought to himself. No idea at all.
contempt
“The fact that I’m calling off the climb,” he said. “The mission’s busy enough. We don’t need it.”
This changed everything. Brooklyn no longer had to worry about climbing the wall. Instead, she had to find the other building and figure out how to break into it.
“Actually,” Brooklyn said sheepishly, “I only know that about Asgard because I like Thor movies. I’m more into Marvel than myths.”
“Crackpot billionaire?” she scolded. “I thought you preferred the term ‘eccentric philanthropist.’”
One of them was Stanislav Rada, who’d been known as “The Professor” since his days as a top chemistry student at the University of Prague.
Point yourself in the right direction, and follow your eyes, he’d said. You are much braver than you realize.
“Tell Mother this is my way of apologizing,” said Charlotte. “Tell him I said I was sorry.”
All that practice with Rio had paid off. She’d swapped it from one hand to the other with a perfectly executed French Drop. Now
Rio looked at her and smiled. And, though it was brief, for the first time the two of them had a connection as he answered,
“Well … we all use our hometowns as our names,” she said, thinking out loud. “And we’re spies. So … how about … the City Spies.”
“I don’t need it anymore,” she said, turning back to him. “I found my family.”
