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He couldn’t stay He hadn’t Lucian’s powers, but even he was suddenly afraid that they were running out of tiarettes, smoked it, crushed it out

Then closed his eyes

A moment later, a terrible sound erupted froht crew in the station, standing at the desk, stared at one another Officers Deauville and d’Artoine were both young, new to the force, thus drawing the late night hours

They drew their weapons, and went rushing into the hall where the four sone!" Deauville said

"Nono, there’s so in there," d’Artoine said

"Where?"

"At the end of the cot"

Deauville unlocked the door to the cell Both men walked in cautiously, their weapons aimed Deauville stared where d’Artoine had directed He saw nothing but

Eyes Gold Glittering Lethal Like the eyes of ade his lips

"What is it?" he whispered

"Adog?" d’Artoine said hesitantly

"That’s no dog"

"It’s an animal"

"Where’s the prisoner?"

"Escaped?"

"What do we do?"

"Shoot it?"

As they debated, the creature in question suddenly sprang to life All d’Artoine knew before the thing landed on hie and powerful He screaht lifted from him He are of noise It was Deauville, at his side, still screa

He hit Deauville "It’s out!"

They both leaped to their feet, rushing to the front of the station Other officers werearound anxiously

"What is it?" someone called

"A beast!" d’Artoine said, and realized how ridiculous he sounded "I don’t know, some kind of an animal"

The door to the street suddenly opened The htened as the man from Paris walked in

Trusseau He looked around at them, contempt in his eyes But then, he always seemed to have conteers Inept

"What is going on here?" he asked

Deauville had accompanied Javet and his arrest warrant to the DeVant chateau And he narrowed his eyes suddenly, re that Trusseau was an impostor

And now, he wondered It wasn’t i to save her grandfather, and her lover

Of course, it was the Aone, and who had somehow left so for a creature, sootten loose in the station," he said to Trusseau

"Ah," Trusseau said "A beast"

"Yes It is here, somewhere You must take care"

"Oh, I will," Trusseau said

"Do you need a weapon, Inspector Trusseau--that is your name, sir, correct?"

"Is it my name?" The man seemed amused, but he didn’t reply to the question Instead, he said, "I carry my oeapon Where is this beast?"

"Heresomewhere"

Whether he was an i to look for the beast He drew his weapon, a glea silver pistol of a ainst the wall

There was silence as they barely breathed, and waited

There was a clanking sound from the far wall They all spun around Two men fired Chunks of concrete and stone spewed fro

Soht It leaped over and past theht for the station door They were all taken by such surprise that instead of firing too quickly as they had before, they fired too late

All except for Trusseau His gun went off

The door, however, had gone down

The creature was off in the street

Leaving a trail of blood

Trusseau smiled at them"Don’t worry I’ll hunt down your beast" Deauville decided to take it upon hiirl Tall and slinant and well spoken, even as she argued so passionately for her grandfather

Soht