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to spiral out on me so I grabbed the edge of his map and pulled it toward me. There was always one sure way of getting Edgar to focus and not worry. “What’re you working on?”
    “I’m trying to recreate a map from an old story that supposedly led to the Tavern.” He leaned forward and pointed to the calculations he had written on it earlier. “This is the great expanse and I was able to attach it to the Infinity Library. Now according to the story there were four markers on the map that lead you to the Tavern. I figure if I can get the four and then use the Legend we could learn the location.” He nodded to himself as if it made perfect sense.
    “What’s this story you’re talking about anyway?” I was hoping we weren’t pinning our hopes on an old wives tale.
    “The Tale of the Darkwatch.”
    I’d heard of the Darkwatch but for the life of me I couldn’t remember where. “Darkwatch?”
    “Yeah.” He glanced at me and tilted his head when he saw the blank expression on my face. “I figured you would know the story by heart?”
    “Why would I?” I shrugged not comprehending.
    “Because the Darkwatch was a splinter group a hundred years ago and it was your ancestor Ichibod Masters who defeated them.”
    That’s where I had heard of them, in the Doorknob Society Handbook. There was a story about Ichibod Masters defeating the Darkwatch. “You mean the story in the DS manual?” I asked relieved to have made the connection.
     Edgar leaned forward and gave my sleeve a yank.
    “The story is in the handbook?” His grin was far too wide.
    “Yeah, why?”
    “The story has a description of the map. I’ve only heard about the story, I, never had the opportunity to read it myself. You, on the other hand, have read the whole story thereby giving us what we need to try and recreate the map.” Edgar beamed, spun his head to the side and started scribbling madly, recalculating his theories.
    “That’s great so I bring you the Doorknob Society Handbook and we can get to the Tavern.”
    “As long as we’re able to get our hands on the Legend,” Edgar reminded with a smile.
     I’d forgotten about that part. I had a hard time believing that with the truces falling apart that the Mapmakers would be magnanimous and let anyone that included a student Mapmaker have a look at one of their most sacred artifacts. This was not going to be easy.
    “Hi, guys,” Slade called out and joined us. 
    Edgar kept writing and I smiled. “Hi.”
    “How’s it going?” he examined Edgar’s map in an effort to seem interested.
    “I need another book on the Great Expanse,” Edgar exclaimed as if it was of the utmost importance, stood, and walked off leaving his maps.
     I shook my head and turned to Slade who was looking at me with those damn puppy dog eyes.
    “Can we talk?”
    I guess it was now or never so I nodded. “Sure, I think its past due.”
    “I meant it when I told you that I would earn your trust again, but it’s hard to do when I can’t even get to see you. I know things are all messed up, but I need to know where we stand.” He rushed through a brief speech that I had a feeling he had been rehearsing for a while.
    “I think we’re in different places in our lives, Slade.” I pushed at Edgar’s maps with my fingers trying to keep myself from fidgeting.
    “What does that mean?” he asked pointedly.
    “I don’t want to hurt you, Slade, but I can’t look at you without thinking you were more concerned about the Engineer artifact than me. You didn’t have to surrender your life for mine, but you could have at least made an effort to show that you cared. You rushed through the portal as soon as you could, while Nightshade remained with me.” I didn’t go further than that. I may have confessed the truth to Jess, but I wasn’t sure if I was ready to do that with Slade.
    “I’m so sorry about that.” He dropped his head as he spoke. “It was stupid and selfish and I regret it every day. The