*Lucas*

“This is… unexpected,” Xander admitted as we left the vault. “My apologies for this. Someone has taken the orb.”

“How is that possible?” I asked. “Isn’t this place highly guarded? Who else has access to it?”

I couldn’t hold back. Sasha and I had been looking for the orbs for so long, and every time we got a lead, someone else got there first. How could this keep happening?

Groaning, I dropped my head in my ...