A Campaign of Distraction (P. V)

Gyrael looked out of the small hole at the mast of the boat. The cold drift from the land blew his hair across his forehead, blurring his vision as the speedboat moved closer towards the docking area of Port Vale.

He tugged at his neck for the thin rope that held onto his binoculars. Slowly, he lifted the pair of binocs up to his eyes and surveyed the neighboring port.

He could see, clearly, a white-haired girl with two others - one in an oversized leather jacket and spectacles, another in a small fur-coat.

The all important Greyman was missing.

Gyrael screwed his face up and went back into the holdings.

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Steven was on a roof. He had no intention of suicide, that would be stupid because he had traveled so far through space to get to Azeroth. No, his intention was to be cool, sort of. It was a cold winters night, a full moon, a light breeze coming in from the mountains... all that was missing was a lone wolf with a coat standing on a tall tower admiring the city.

Haha. Right.

Being cool was actually far from Steven's agenda. He was on the roof of one of the most important buildings in Jein-Tol, the Oracle Palace. It housed the crown jewels, the throne, and most importantly for Steven, a vital piece of equipment that maintained communication in and out of Jein-Tol.

Steven pulled his phone out and flipped it open. "Yeah."

"Steve, this is Rael. We're approaching Port Vale,"
"Great,"
"One problem,"
"What?"
"They're standing on Port Sarim,"
"So?"
"Without Cross's son,"

Steven stalled for a minute.

"You're telling me they made it to Sarim - without Markus?" Steven whispered.
"I think so."

Steven rolled his eyes.

"He's got to be around somewhere. Make sure they don't get on the boat without him. We need him in Jein-Tol,"

"Gotcha'" Gyrael said and ended the phonecall.

Steven, however, held his phone at his ear for a little longer. If Markus wasn't going to board the boat back to Jein-Tol together with those three he was supposedly with... then maybe Arshad screwed up big time.