Dustin showed no sign of joy after getting a definite answer from the woman.

Instead, he looked gloomy. The person in Aylka must have only agreed because she was certain she had ways to get the information he needed.

But somehow, he just had a nagging feeling that there was something odd about the whole thing. The closer he got to the bottom of things, the more uneasy he felt.

He didn't even know what was the source of this unsettling feeling. It felt like intuition, but then again, maybe he