Chapter 98: Closer to Hell

Damian I walked into the hotel lobby, expecting to see her already waiting for me, but I was unpleasantly surprised. Instead, I was the one waiting. It was the second reason to be skeptical about Ray’s choice of an infiltrator, aside from my personal prejudice about how scrawny she looked in the photo he'd given me. I didn’t just stand or sit around waiting, as that would have undoubtedly drawn some attention to me. I had chosen the lobby as our meeting point because it was a public space—not too crowded or noisy, with people always coming in and going out, making it easy to blend in. I had just returned inside through one of the multiple entrances when I felt someone’s presence behind me. I slowly turned around and came face to chest with her. “I’m Selina,” she said in a clear voice. I took a step back to study her face and then the rest of her. She wore a matching set of deep blue pantsuits, and her hair hung down her back in an intricate French braid, with a middle-parted ban