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Chapter 51

Dude,

The door actually split down the , I freed myselfand promptly tripped over two unconscious devil worshippers

Sinclair was a whirl of activity; I could only get the occasional gliuy away from him And I realized why the door had been broken-he&039;d thrown someone into it so hard, the fliure out who to help Calling the cops was out, for obvious reasons Getting between Betsy and Laura would be a quick and painful way to coht him by the back of his robe, yanked hie of his jaw

"That&039;ll teach you to mess with a licensed physician," I told the unconscious Satanist

Then I ran to see if I could give Sinclair a hand

Chapter 52

I ducked again as her Hellfire shistled over my head, and sidestepped so quickly I tripped over a chair I was in such a hurry to scramble to my feet that for a few seconds I ran in place, like the Road Runner

Then I was up and backing away again

"You ca me Her knuckles hite on the sword hilt If my eyes could water, they would have It was like she was holding the sun

"Tell ht I had problems on the Cape? Good God, I didn&039;t knohat problee"

"You never mind about hihtly as a wonderful idea caot demonic unholy powers-just like you!"

"I said Shut Up"

"You knohat they saylike ot about the sword and, theon it, it disappearedback to hell, or whatever unholy ar, slender fingers into claws and ran straight atand very sharp And pink! Blech

I rab her by the wrists and keep her hands away fro to dig her fingers into ht, difficult circle,killed was one thing, but having ain-and her straining to mess up my pretty face in all sorts of nasty ways

"Can&039;t--we--just--get--along?" I o to hell," she snapped

"But I don&039;t want to see yourher that!"