After Matthews had left with Sugarmite, a metallic gray goo enveloped the entire black SUV curse gadget before vanishing into thin air.
Ace had never actually left the town. He used Emi's invisibility, presence-erasing, and silence talismans, along with the upgraded Apache's speed, to shake off his tail and cover his tracks before returning to the town to finalize preparations for picking up his sister at a private airport that he had rented for the day.
Knowing what was likely to go down, Ace wasn't about to involve innocent people in his affairs. So, he rented the entire private airfield for the day—a move that didn't come cheap.
There were still 30 minutes until his sister's flight landed, and thanks to Specwork, he needed less than five to reach the private airfield where the chartered flight was scheduled to arrive. So, he had just enough time to finish his arrangements.
