Book Four: Chapter 31

Yuki shook her head. “Nope. I’m supposed to keep you out of trouble. Ratu did a brief inspection this morning and didn’t detect anything dangerous.”

“Her actual word was ‘interesting,’“ Beth interjected. “She didn’t detect anything ‘interesting’ and declared that she thought you could handle it.”

“But we won’t know until you open it, so it’s my turn to watch you.” Yuki bowed her head.

“Ah.” Mike slammed the rest of his breakfast, then worked his way through his coffee. After being locked in an extra-dimensional wardrobe last month, the household had discussed heightened security for him, particularly if weird things started to happen. His mysterious shipment definitely qualified as weird. “Well, I guess we should get this show on the road, then.”

“I’ll get Tink.” Beth left him alone with Yuki while he put his plate in the dishwasher.

“So, I know this is a sensitive subject, but... any idea what Emily put in storage?”

Yuki shrugged. She had been lo