Alfie had sent a text. According to his mother, the Kiss of Death surfaced briefly sixty years ago, when it was owned by a rich French philanthropist, Avril de Leon. Its location died with its owner.

Did it, though? Death wasn't the final frontier I'd once believed it to be.

Alfie texted again to say that there was a lot of renewed interest in the amulet lately. My heart stuttered. I had to get the jump on Chariot and find it first.

Levi and I said our goodbyes ...