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"If Arrows exist, then you were an Arrow" She heard Sascha gasp "A telepathic Arrow is likely to be trained in all sorts of things"

He didn’t deny either her accusation or her guess about his Tp status "It’ll send hi able to act out any of your impulses - he’ll function, but only on a very basic level"

Faith felt fury arc through her "Then that will be his life sentence" At least he’d have a life to live, unlike Marine and the other women he’d killed And there had definitely been others His appetite was too certain, his tastes too set

"Will you have to hack the PsyNet to do what Faith’s suggesting?" Lucas asked "Will they be able to track it back to you?"

"No, I can do it telepathically, but it’s a specialized skill They’ll deduce that they have an unknown renegade, but they already know that" He didn’t explain why "However, it’ll involve getting through his protective walls"

"How hard will that be?"

"He has to have considerable power given what Sascha’s toldto be in the grip of the killing instinct Anyone affected by strong e to be no exception" He looked at Faith, unblinking, eerily focused "If you distract hih"

Vaughn’s groas al, but she felt it in her bones "She’s not going anywhere near the son of a bitch"

"Vaughn, listen - "

"No way in hell, Red Forget about it"

"It needn’t be physical," she said "I could just brush up against hinize my mental scent"

"Because he’s soh the visions?" Sascha clearly remembered their earlier conversation

"Yes I see the future, but I see it through the lens of his mind," she explained for the sake of the others "It’s as if we experience the visions together" Her nation" The i

"Maybe," Judd broke in "But before we get into that, are you sure you can identify hi an innocente to convince, because the truth was, Judd was no longer Psy He’d ceased to exist in the PsyNet, probably been written off as dead And now he lived in a different world "I’ll know I’ve seen his face"

All sound ceased

Chapter 23

Judd picked up the logical disconnect in milliseconds "You just said the visions are froh there was no anger in Vaughn’s voice, she knew he had to be asking himself why she hadn’t told him earlier

"I didn’t want to see," she whispered, so loasn’t even sound

One of his arms rose to wrap around her shoulders from the front and she knew he’d heard "Never alone"

It was a promise, one she armored herself in, but it still took every ounce of Psy skill she had to keep her voice fro as she relived the horror "I saw his reflection" A reflection cast in blood, a ruby-red mirror in the enamel house of that last vision

"Then there’s no question - Faith has to be present," Judd said

"Sheto stick out her neck and attract his attention" Vaughn’s arm was pure steel around her shoulders, not the least bit hurtful, but also not the least bit uessed that Clay and Lucas could hear nonetheless "I think we should go for a walk"

He released her fro," he told the others, but didn’t say anything else until he’d brought them to a stop severalyou put yourself in danger"

"There’s very little danger, aluy falls into the ’almost’ He’s different - he was able to trap you into the visions"

"Perhaps," she agreed "But that doesn’t change anything"

He didn’t reply, the jaguar very much apparent in his eyes

So she spoke to the aniuilt I said I didn’t feel any That was a lie" She forced herself to break another wall of Silence - to do and feel was easy couilt walks beside ht, from instant to instant I’m an F-Psy, but I couldn’t save my own sister’s life That le" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>