Safe Cracking

While Alexei had struggled with the safe through the streets of Alandria, Lyla simply picked the thing up and tucked it under one arm as if it weighed nothing at all.

Together they went through into the back of the tavern, only this time instead of going right and up to the rooms Lyla led him left.

They went past an office, where Garrick was snoozing away in a chair, and through another door that led to a small back yard area.

It backed directly onto one of the waterways and really was nothing more than a small jetty that would allow garbage barges to come past and pick up trash. But that wasn't a luxury every house had.

The biggest deal was that it was enclosed and impossible to see into from either side, which was perfect for their purposes.

"Rare to have a back yard like this in Alandria," Alexei said, impreseed.

"Well, we were one of the first businesses. Or Garrick was, I suppose, back then," Lyla said as she put the safe down with a thunk.

"Wait, you're telling me Garrick o
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