“I do.” She paused to take a deep breath to settle her nerves, her fear getting the better of her. “My friend Coco was assigned to be Holly’s Spirit of Christmas Present along with Ian Fergusson. Neither has returned.”
He appeared to give that some thought. “They could have been given another assignment.”
This timeshegave him a look ofdisbelief. “Both of them? You know as well as I do that Cameron only assigns paired spirit guides as an exception rather than as a rule. I tell you, they’re gone.” She pointed to the file he’d laid on the couch next to him. “Didn’t you notice there was no mention of a debrief? Wealwaysdebrief with Cameron.”
“Say you’re correct, and we are expected to fail and disappear. That leaves us onlyone option.”
His confidence gave her hope. “What’s that?”
“We must succeed.”
Her hope fizzled and died. Of course she wanted to succeed, but it would be close to impossible unless Malcolm had some serious practical ideas.
