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Charlie felt relaxed for the first time in a long while. Neil and Allison were home and peace was restored to her life. She could have fallen asleep leaning up against the tree if it hadn't been for the hawk. For the past few minutes the hawk had been staring at her, finally the bird seemed to make up it's mind and it flew over. Charlie watched it intently. It obviously wasn't wild. I wore some sort of gold armor on it's head that glinted in the sun as it moved. Upon closer inspection Charlie noticed something else about the hawk.
A note.
Tied around the bird's leg was a leather pouch. Undoubtedly there was a note inside and the hawk seemed pretty sure it was for her. Carefully she reached over to the bird and retrieved the message.
Charlie,
This is way bigger than you or James could have imagined. We need to meet. If you can bring yourself to trust me, show up at the Nocktail Inn at 3:30 pm on Friday. I'll be waiting.
I.C.
Charlie read the note again. Who was IC and why did she know so much? She flipped over the paper hoping for more but all she found was a small side-note.
PS The Hawk's name is Skyraptor
Charlie sat dumbstruck. With a slight smile she turned to Skyraptor.
"I suppose you want a reply or something?" As if to answer Skyraptor let out a loud screech. Charlie shrugged and held out her arm, immediately Skyraptor flew to it perching. Charlie began to walk back to the Inn.
There were some matters to be discussed