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He gave his attention back to the work at hand

"Hey, how did it go at the bookshop?"

He looked up He didn’t recognize the girl in front of hione all out Wickedly pointed hat, green makeup "Sara?" he said incredulously

"Yeah Well?"

He didn’t answer He still just stared at her Then he asked, "Sara, isn’t your costu like a rebel," she said dryly "Well?"

"It’s all going really well, thanks," he told her

She calad to hear that, but you’ve really got to watch out"

"Why is that?"

"Your friends from New Orleans… they may not be your friends"

"Oh?"

"He was in the shop today Look, Finn, I ad really off with you But I can tell you, too, that your friend Lucian… well, there’s so really off with him"

"And how do you know that? Did you read his palm or his cards?"

She shook her head, then lowered it "I know because…"

"Yeah?"

She stared at hione anywhere with hiot a wife He tried to seduce you?"

"No," she ad, but it was hard to tell, since she earing green makeup "But," she continued, "he could have erous, and… toerous, and you’re dangerous I know that you’re dangerous, Finn I don’t believe that you "

He watched her, rereat hostility he had felt toward her, and the alht now, she just see woman dressed up for a Halloween party But she also seemed sincere

"You should lock yourself up soravely "I’ll give that my deep consideration"

"Finn, I’ht while she was singing, and… she had an aura around her"

"An aura What does thatto die," Sara said, and turned and walked away, back into the crowd

He watched froht, it happened

The door to the ICU room opened and closed The person in scrubs, cap, andsilently across the room

He waited

The persondown at Andy Markham Seconds ticked by

Then the person s that connected to the en system

And bent down

"No"

Lucian stepped frole word The person spun around

To his amazement, he saw that it was Aunt Martha who had co for her anxiously when Megan returned to the stage

"What’s theat all"

"You’re lying"

He shook his head "Are Morwenna and Joseph here?"

"If so, I haven’t found thean said She was certain her cousin and Joseph would show up tonight

She watched Finn curiously, because he seeained a shade of pale Still, she decided not to press the point "It’s getting late, but I’m sure Morwenna and Joseph will show up Unless they’re just too tired Hey, I did see Theo Martin at the bar He’s not on duty tonight, but he told et crazier and crazier the closer it co e boys like to pretend to be ’haunts’ during some of the tours on these days, and that they can pretend so to break into places, wearing sheets, and cohost and fell out of a second floorof one of the historic buildings last year Luckily, he landed in so But thankfully, Theo took our stalker in the parking lot last night very seriously, told Sauys and the cops would provide extra on their own So, there are several extra guys here and around the parking lot tonight"