Six of Crows Duology Fanfiction: Ketterdam's Secret

Chapter 1:

Chapter One:

Inej Ghafa leaped from the top of a building to another, quietly following Doughty though the streets.

Suddenly, Doughty vanished. Inej blinked and stared at the spot where Doughty had once been.

A trick of light?

Inej quickly looked through the nearby streets and buildings but there was no sign of Doughty.

She took a piece of white chalk and marked the place where Doughty had once been and took her long used route back to the slat.

Kaz Brekker stood up from Per Haskell's desk, stretching his bad leg out in the process. He was in the tedious process of going through the old man's files.

That's the problem with not trusting anyone.

Kaz pushed Jordie's voice out of his brain.

I do trust people. I trust Inej and Jes and the Dregs.

Look where trusting people gets you to though, Pekka Rollins sure knew what to do with that.

Jordie's voice vanished and Kaz felt somewhat guilty.

Maybe Inej was rubbing off him.

Kaz wondered when Inej would come back. Ever since they'd received news of Pekka Rollin's alleged return, Inej had been following various Dime Lions and constantine checking on Jan Van Eck.

Kaz sat at the desk and swept a pile of papers into the rubbish bin. Per Haskell was unorganized as Jesper, for kruge's sake.

He felt her presence before she arrived, coming through the window and latching it with efficient movements.

She grinned at him and shucked the rain off her coat.

Kaz smiled, this was Inej in their element.

He'd missed their quiet solitude.

"What business, Wraith?"

Her face fell.

Kaz wondered if he'd done something wrong but then he realized that she wasn't hurt, she had bad news.

"Pekka Rollins has returned. I saw Doughty on East Stave and he disappeared. "

"Disappeared?"