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I re to the Morfran to find the Reaper "Is there some e can make the Morfran come to us? Flush the Reaper out?"

Mab pursed her lips, considering "Not that I’ his demon side to control the Morfran--and with the Morfran, the Reaper I can’t break that connection unless the possessed human is in front of me There’s a ritual to exorcise the Morfran, but I can’t do it at a distance"

Pity We sat in silence for a minute Then Kane jumped down from his chair and ran over next to Mab He put his front paws on the table and nosed at the laptop

I voiced his question "You were talking about the video Is there anything in it that could help Kane?"

"Perhaps" She sniffed again and cleared her throat "As I watched the video, I paid careful attention to Pryce He’s not yet resuscitated He cried out when y blast hit his table, yes, but it was le cry, he sank back into his stupor"

"Myrddin said it would take the life forces of five people to bring Pryce back"

"Yes, I heard that on the video And I was to be the fifth" She s about that Myrddin and the Reaper appear to be working on a tiht, I was supposed to be victim number three, but Myrddin failed to steal s up for hiht have, child Unfortunately, we did not"

She picked up a folded newspaper and showed ain "It happened on Stanhope Street The body was found three hours after we left The police have discovered the underground facility where you were held captive It was, of course, abandoned"

I grabbed the paper and scanned the article The police weren’t saying much, but the story claimed that the victim had suffered the same mutilations as the previous two The reporter noted, somewhat hysterically, that the Reaper had moved beyond the South End Now, no one in Boston was safe

Mab took the paper and folded it again "We know that two more victims are required before Pryce can be revived That means Pryce is vulnerable And the son’s vulnerability oing "If we can grab Pryce, we can force Myrddin to change Kane back" We could use Pryce as leverage, like the Old Ones were doing

Mab nodded

"And then what?"

Mab pursed her lips as though surprised I’d asked such a silly question "Why, then we destroy theavesweatpants--that she’d bought at a convenience store down the street The best she could do for shoes was a pair of pink flip-flops My toes would be chilly, but it didn’t own in the trash

We were barely out the door when Kane took my sleeve in his teeth and pulled me toward his car He led me around to the driver’s side, then sat and stared

"You want me to drive?"

The wolf nodded He looked back at Mab and shuddered Mab handed reat deal about driving last night, but I can’t say I’er to repeat the experience, especially on your Boston streets"

If a wolf can heave a sigh of relief, that’s what Kane did I unlocked the doors and opened mine Kane juine roared to life, then settled to a steady purr Nice I lovefrequent repairs Kane’s BMW was a dreaas The car fishtailed a little as we sped out of the parking lot Kane let out a short, sharp yip as Mab put a hand on her chest and exclaimed, "Oh, my" We headed back to town

IF THE ANCIENT GREEK GODS HAD REALLY WANTED TO PUNISH Sisyphus, they wouldn’t have bothered with that rollinga-stone-up-a-hill thing They would havespace on a don Boston street during business hours on a Monday

I couldn’t drive into Deadtoe’d never get through the checkpoints Myrddin and the Old Ones had taken my ID card, Mab had no identification at all, and Kane--well, Kane was a wolf The Goon Squad would be all over us before I could back up and turn around We’d have to sneak in And that e Street, circling City Hall Plaza, when Kane started yipping I glanced at him in the rearview mirror He stared down a side street "You want ht?"

His wolf’s head nodded

I turned right A couple of blocks later, Kane yipped again, his eyes fixed on the entrance to a parking garage I knew Kane had a parking space don soestures, Kane guidedspace I pulled in and turned off the car I let ainst the leather headrest