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"Please, while they’re all tied up, can you getpleaded

"Doug, are you sure?" Stephanie asked anxiously

"Please?" he repeated "Come on, now Before Attila-the-nurse co… you were nearly dead!" Stephanie told hiet hi urged

Soht

Lucien stood on the precipice, drawing pictures of the distant past in his mind

This here it had happened

At that tione much farther That was the part that had broken cleanly froround’s power and fury

If they wanted to find the reh, they would be alaze There was a lot of activity in the ca to the ranks of both de Burgh and de Venue had fought and died, only a feorkers were busy

He closed his eyes, trying to see

He felt the breeze, struggled to reach the plane where he could recall, and see with an ancient instinct and vision For a moment, he could hear the clatter of ar sound… the world in his an to take shape out of the reat shields, swords that glinted in the sun… swords, no longer glinting, for they were red with the blood of the fallen…

Then…

He lost it

It was almost as if someone had stepped into his mind, and pulled a curtain

He swore, and started the cli It was i fro here when the sun went down, here, where the core of it all existed, close, so close… just out of reach

He needed to stay

He couldn’t stay

Already, he sensed that there was trouble

He had to get back

But he would be going back with nothing! He still had no clues as to how to arrest the power that was different froain, and deterht

Stephanie stayed behind when the group hurried through the lobby with Doug She thanked God that he was all right, but it disturbed her that the oldwas the saht before

She felt around her neck, and reift to Suzette The old felloas a jeweler

It was unlikely he’d be ed behind the others, afraid that Grant would try to stop her if he knew that she wanted to stay behind, just for a few ht not be a bad idea to get Doug out of the hospital now that he seeet the work that Dr Antinella had done to save him He had to be thanked

She also wanted to do her best to talk to Merc and find out what he thought about the gentle

Did people around here really believe that legend? Why not-- she was believing it! But she had soe townshter’s head

This fellow had co!

Thankfully, the hospital was small It wasn’t terribly difficult to find the corridor that led to the staff offices, and since there weren’t"Dr Antinella" very easily

She was afraid he’d still be involved with the police, or attending a patient in the hospital, or even out and about in the town, but to her relief, when she tapped at the door, he bid her to enter

He looked at her suspiciously as she came in and sat down

" Buonasera," she told hi out of the hospital," she said

"I didn’t release him"

She nodded "I know, and that’s why I’ve coize But, surely you’re aware, the old "<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>