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"What?"

"I took it" Laura ss and tried not to look rattled The library, which had always see and yucky apricot carpeting and dusty, dark, overstuffed furniture, see there was a cobra on the loose? Now I felt like there really had been one, only she&039;d been with me the whole time

"You what?"

"I took the book"

"But why? Did you need so in line at Goodwill?"

"I took it after I got here"

Right I re had followed us back, she put on a big show of being revolted and horrified Or maybe she really had been revolted and horrified Either way, she&039;d left the kitchen on the pre sure he hadn&039;t left us any other surprises Thentook the Book? But"How colanced at the carpet, the , the sofa, her feet, my feet, my neck, and finally my face "You don&039;t need it"

"What?"

"A trouble following this?"

"Are you seriously askingsneaky jerkoff asshat?" (I&039;ll admit it: I was stressed out It had been a terrible week Or three centuries Or future)

"AhMajesty"

"Elizabeth, perhaps cooler heads could-"