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"I know"

"And whoat the man

"The resident caretaker," the host"

"Ghost?" Surreal asked

The man nodded "One of them as enslaved to serve the ruler of the house"

"The Blood--" She bit back the words This was Jaenelle and Marian’s performance If they wanted landen children to think the Blood kept enslaved ghosts as servants…

Maybe this version of the Blood was going to be harder to s than she’d ihost is one of the demon-dead whose power has faded to the point where there is still a shape without substance," Rainier said "What possible use would one be as a servant?"

"Apparently they can light lah you would think they could just stand out of the way and glow"

"I don’t think they can do that And even if they could,he isn’t glowing"

She wasn’t even inside yet and the place was already scraping on her nerves and teation and could leave, the better she’d like it "Has anyone else arrived?" she asked the caretaker

"No, Lady," he replied "You and the gentleman are the first"

"What time is it?" she asked Rainier

He called in a watch, opened the cover, and held it in the light for her to read

So sounded

"What’s that?" Surreal asked

The caretaker shrugged "Nothing that concerns the likes ofsounded again

So, Surreal stared at the street Where in the nao in?" Surreal asked Rainier

"Oh, best to wait for the whole party," the caretaker replied

"Won’t be as much fun if there’s just the two of you"

Since she wasn’t expecting to have fun, that wasn’t an incentive to wait

"How ?" Rainier asked

"Only twelve people per tour," the caretaker said

"Twelve people were invited?" Surreal asked

The caretaker shrugged "Was told only twelve to a tour"

They stood outside, waiting To give herself so to do, Surreal pictured a straw duht she deserved a lot of credit for picturing a straw du lovely, shiny knives at the target

The third tih

Rainier

"What about the his head to indicate the children

"No," Surreal said "I don’t want to be responsible for the idiot sheep"

"To the more than token escorts," Rainier replied When she hesitated, he added, "Do you want to be done with this faht Fine"