… Emile pov…

We had just unwrapped the mysterious papers from the sweet of the Chinese man. I watched as Dickinson carefully unwrapped his paper, his expression unreadable. I slowly unwrapped mine and looked at it.

On the paper were two lines of written words. On the first were strange Chinese symbols then under it on the second line were English words that seemed like the interpretation of Chinese symbols.

I read the words in my mind then looked up and glanced at Dickinson as he read the contents, I couldn't help but steal glimpses at him from the corner of my eye.

I noticed his eyebrows raised in surprise,...