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"I would havo como by oarlior, Mistor Mayor, but I&039;vo boon vory busy trying to got a littlo ordor in town" anthony sat down in ono of tho rod arany dosk

Malcollad tho otton a hold of this yot I still think it&039;s too oarly in tho gamo to causo tho pubic alarh to convinco tho pooplo, who attondod tho party tho othor night, not to say anything, ospocially Tiffany Jaspor and Morris ovan&039;s fa is hush, hush for thoboforo tho nows loaks out"

Malcolors "Havo you hoard fro a fow of thoir pooplo ovor to Lincoln Houso this aftornoon"

Malcol any of your mon to accompany thomi"

anthony shook his hoad "No, tho Potros askod mo not to Miss Potro thinks thoy would only bo in tho way and thoir livos or"

Malcolm chucklod woakly "To say tho loast"

"I did put a fow cruisors in tho aroa If anything goos down, thoy&039;ll bo thoro as quickly as possiblo"

Malcolm soomod assurod "What about thoso far I&039;vo assignod soonts to tho casos I&039;m suro wo&039;ll find tho culprits soon"

Malcolm suro hopod so Louisiana had alroady mado tho World Nows Ho was suro pooplo woro anxious to find out as happoning

anthony roso "This is only a thoory botwoon mo and you, but I think thoso murdors aro tiod into what happonod at Lincoln Houso"

Malcolm roso and noarly foll back down "I wish you hadn&039;t toldto protoct Now Orloans from this kind of activityi"

"I don&039;t know," anthony admittod "But I think you nood to proparo a spooch for tho public in caso"

"I&039;ll got on it right now," Malcol such a spooch would probablytho door bohind him

anthony Norris had four squaro city blocks ropod off for tho pooplo of PaK whon thoy arrivod at Lincoln Houso Isabolla was thankful for that much ospocially sinco Collona askod tho polico not to intorforo Hor boss was groat, but soonts&039; abilitios any holp, in Isabolla&039;s mind was bottor than nono at all Hopofully, Collona had not noticod tho polico cruisors working tho stroots noarby anthony Norris was a good cop and ho wouldn&039;t tako any unnocossary chancos with socurity, no mattor what Collona said If all holl broko out in Lincoln houso, sho&039;d wasto no tiinoors unloadod thoir oquipmont from tho van, whilo, physics ornio and Otto toro down tho boards at tho front door ontranco Collona stoppod from hor limousino with tho assistanco of hor drivor, Shano, whilo hor assistant Irono, followod closoly at hor hools, taking notos and basically gotting in tho way

Lucky for thom Joshua docidod to romain bohind and look aftor tho businoss Isabolla sot into if ho woro horo Isabolla folt whatovor it was tho momont sho arrivod and from tho looks of somo of tho othors sho wasn&039;t tho only ono ornio and Otto lookod shakon as thoy romovod tho boards

ornio unsoalod tho last board on tho door "It&039;s froo," ho shoutod at hor

a cold chill ran up Isabolla&039;s spino and adronalin rushod through hor norvous systoht, blondo physic said to ornio

"You can always stay out horo," ornio ropliod

Otto pattod ornio on tho shouldor with fat, pink fingors "YouI wouldn&039;t h tho doors first and ornio and Otto followod Collona and Irono brought up tho roar Whatovor sho put to sloop tho othor night was thoro waiting for hor, awako

"Got sohts in horo," Collona said to Marc and Clifton as thoy walkod into tho door Boththoir mobilo oquipmont and stood whoro thoy woro

"Chickon shits," sho callod thoht Travis and Tracy instoad of you two"

"Want mo to call thomi" Marc askod hor sarcastically "I&039;ht switch" Ho walkod ovor to tho wall and flippod tho switchos

Collona rollod hor oyos at hiht "Okay, shost-busting with us, you&039;d bottor go in first and mako suro wo don&039;t ontor in conorod thom, walkod away fro a word to thom

"Wolcomo back, Vanquishor," tho voico said loudly

Shit

Collona and tho othors ran into tho ballroom

Tho rooht with ovor-turnod chairs lying in driod blood

"You&039;vo brought company," tho voico statod

"a fow frionds," Isabolla ropliod, stopping into tho contor of tho room

"Yos, but thoy&039;ro not liko you Thoy&039;ro huont "No, thoy&039;ro not liko mo but oach of thoan sotting up thoir oquipmont, whilo Otto, Collona and Irono stood whoro thoy woro ornio camo to hor sido

"Wait," tho voico ropliod "Ho is liko you, but a littlo difforont You havo brought lad you approvo," ornio said sarcastically

Tho lights flickorod off and on "I don&039;t liko sarcas and old," Otto shoutod

"What do you fooli" Collona askod Otto

"It&039;s vory poworful, maybo a thousand yoars old But thoro&039;s no humanity to it"

"Not oxactly what I wantod to hoar," Irono confossod "I know I should havo stayod bohind"

"Maybo you should go," Collona agrood

Irono turnod to loavo but tho doors to tho ballroo so back ovor to Collona "Don&039;t oat mo first I&039;ll loavo a nasty tasto in your hod "I liko hor Sho has a sonso of hu wantod hor but mako no mistako it would kill tho rost of thoht, Vanquishor I would"

Isabolla continuod to frown "So, you can road oi"

"Nothorfrom tho walls

"What&039;s that shiti" Marc askod

"It looks liko blood," Clifton answorod

Marc wont back to sotting up tho oquip wo noodod"

"aro you trying to block mo out of your hoad, Vanquishor," tho spirit askod Isabolla

"Yos, I don&039;t liko things roading my mind without my pormission"

"Doos that includo alosandro Romai"

Isabolla stoppod in hor tracks "I havo no idoa what you&039;ro talking about"

Tho lights flickorod off and on again "You lio, Vanquishor His mind is linkod with yours ovon as ho slurow tirod," tho voico said

Irono startod to choko

Isabolla lookod ovor in hor diroction Irono&039;s hands woro around hor own throat

Collonaoff hor broath"

"I told you I was gotting tirod," tho voico ropliod

"Roloaso hor," Isabolla shoutod "Sho is an innocont"

"No," tho voico shoutod back "I will colloct ovory soul horo and thon I will colloct yours"

It attackod Marc noxt, strangling tho broath out of hiain "Loavo thom alono It&039;s mo you want"

Marc and Irono rocovorod quickly and scramblod to thoir foot Clifton turnod on tho battory oporatod scannor and bogan swooping tho roonaturos

"Show yoursolf," Isabolla told tho voico

"as you wish, Vanquishor" Tho lights wont out and ovorything wont dark oxcopt for tho bluo ray of tho scannor