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She flung herself against ht aroundwith sobs I wasn’t sure what to do, so I just hugged her back, wondering if this hat it felt like to be a parent consoling a hurt child

Ivy touched Morgana’s hand "Everyone treats you bad because of what your parents did?"

Morgana nodded "But I know my parents aren’t bad people I just know it"

My sister’s eyes e of saying so, when her eyes ide "Oh, no I’m really late" She looked around frantically "They’ll be looking for me Oh, no!"

"Wait!" I said "I need to talk to you about--"

"No tihtly crazed voice "I can run Maybe blink" She stood on tiptoe and kissed ana, brother She’s one of us" With that, she literally blinked away, appearing at the end of the hall, about a hundred feet away Blew ain

"Your sister is so cool," Morgana said in an awed voice

Son of a-- I sighed, looking back at Morgana "Are you going to be okay?"

She shook her head "I can’t even stay in irls make fun of me I sneak out so I don’t have to be near theot sick, and I don’t know if she’ll be okay again"

"What happened to your parents?" I asked

"A man came for them," she said "They ran away and left me with my aunt They told me they’d be back, and they loved ive up He found them and arrested them"

"Who was this man?" I asked

She trembled "I don’t reave ive my parents back?"

"I don’t know But I have friends in the Tehtened hope "Please, do"

"Give me the name of the man, and I’ll have er to her chin, narrowing her eyes in thought "I think his naainst the wall "How many lives have you ruined?" I shouted I snarled, released him, and paced across the warded rooht before

Bella watched from a seat near the door, her eyes concerned, butto ruin lives, da a living" He shrugged even as he favored his knuckles "I brought cri with that"

"How e si in irlfriends, did you take away from their loved ones?"

"I didn’t kidnap anyone, Justin I apprehended lawbreakers Fugitives"

"Justin, these people committed crimes," Bella said, her voice soft "Harry didn’t do anything wrong"

I ran a hand through hed, and stared blankly at the floor for a ana and identifying with her situation was eatingout my frustrations on a friend "Was the evidence solid?" I asked in a lowered voice

"I’m a bounty hunter, da for evidence isn’t my job"

"Does the Overworld convict them by a jury trial?" I asked

He nodded "Yeah, the tribunal does" He cleared his throat "Although, I don’t think Zagg’s girl has gone to trial yet Neither have Morgana’s parents"

"They’ve been in prison all this tiain, not my job," Shelton said "Who the hell do you think I ain cow patties, people Maybe you’re confusing me with, oh, I dunno, God?"

"Who else have you arrested that I should know about?" I asked "Before I stumble across another poor broken little child whose parents were taken away by the notorious Harry Shelton"

"Gee, it sounds so much better when you put it like that," Shelton said, his voice dripping with sarcasgles My contact--" he stopped mid-sentence, ain, hiswith his brain for control After several seconds of fighting, he dropped into a chair "Crap Who a from her chair as if ready to fly to him if need be

"I’m such a liar" He sed hard "I can’t do this anyreement with that assessment, but kept my mouth shut by sheer willpower

Shelton finally continued after another long pause "Aerianas" His throat sounded dry His voice cracked

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