Page 220 of Cross & Crown

Kelly lowered his weapon as well, meeting Nick’s eyes

with a dawning dread. “You know where the treasure is, don’t

you?”

“I know where the treasure is,” Nick confirmed. He looked

at the woman apologetically. “Can you tell us exactly how big

that monument is?”

“Over the grave?”

Nick nodded. Someone in the room cursed under his

breath.

“It . . . it’s rather large. It’s a granite obelisk. Maybe twelve feet tal ?”

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Nick nodded, lowering his gun further. “That’s that,”

he said.

“They buried the treasure with minutemen?” JD asked.

“They knew the grave wouldn’t be desecrated by Colonials, so

the treasure would stay hidden. And when the war was lost,

going back to the shiny new America and digging up national

heroes was not an option for any persona non grata like an

Irish redcoat.”

Nick glanced sideways at Kelly. Kelly slowly lowered his

gun, his body relaxing against Nick’s. Alex had stowed her

weapon as well, and she looked crestfallen. She seemed to

really be in it to find missing pieces of history, not merely for profit.

Julian had transferred his aim back to Southie, who was

still holding Cameron and pointing his gun at Nick.

“That’s it,” Nick said softly. “Game’s over. Time to give up

the gun.”

“Fuck you, we didn’t come this close to let a piece of

fucking rock get in the way. We’ll come back tonight with a

Cat. Knock that bitch over, dig up our treasure, and get our

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