Jayce turned his back to Sergei and Red, taking Ray by the shoulders. “Easy, Ray. They’re not gonna harm you. They just got curious; remember what I said? Your buddy’s gonna draw lots of attention from certain people. Now they wanna give us a job. Sound good?”
Ray glanced at Red and Sergei a moment before looking his brother in the face. His wild eyes locked to Jayce’s, and after a moment, the ragged raccoon relaxed and nodded.
Jayce smiled and turned on his heel.
“We’re all set. You guys waiting for a bus or something? ‘Cause I’ve got a car. Around here somewhere, haven’t used it since I learned how to trigger Chase the Ace. Ray also had a truck. Not sure what happened to it.”
“Flew away.” Ray whispered.