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She huffed so the unit for several months now My house is quite small and I needed somewhere secure to stock several valuable items"

I pulled my phone out and pretended to look up some notes "And is your unit G-18?"

"Yes" She frowned "I’ard to the ongoing investigation into Nadler’s death," I said "We believe there ht be some connection to your unit Would it be possible for us to have a look at it?"

"No, it would not Not without a warrant" She paused, looking me up and down "Produce one, and I’ll be more than happy to comply"

"That will take a few hours It really would--"

"I do not care about what is easy or not," she cut in coldly "The law is the law, young lady, and I will not be railroaded into doing anything thatthat you’re in any way involved--"

"Then what are you i to tie up some loose ends"

"Well, this is one end that will reet the proper paperwork, and not before"

Okay, then I forced another smile "If you happen to remeive me a call?"

"That I can do" She took out an old-fashioned notebook and pen, then looked at ave her my cell phone nu, Ms Sands"

She nodded, tucked her notebook back into her bag, then turned and strode to the still-waiting taxi

"What do you think?" I asked, as she climbed into the cab and slalanced at hi an awful lot these days"

He shrugged "There are humans we cannot read"

"You said it was rare"

"It is We just see across lanced atabout her that didn’t feel right"

"Well, given she was exiting a storage locker containing a sorceress’s transport gate, it is very possible she is either in league with said sorceress, or the sorceress herself"

"It can’t be the latter" I watched the taxi’s blinker come on as it readied to pull away from the curb

"Why not?"

"Because she didn’t have the same build as Lauren Macintyre"

"I cannot see--"

"Face-shifters can change only their facial shape, not their bodies"

"That does not mean there cannot be those who are able to do a full-body shift"

"If there is, I’ve never heard of the to follow her"

"Be careful"

"That goes without saying"

"But given your so"

"If I had the time, I’d be offended by that statement"

"It can hardly offend when it is the truth"

"Only as you see it Meet you back ho over my shoulder and called to the Aedh She ca after the taxi

We followed Hoddle Street, went under the Swan Street rail overpass, then followed Punt Road for several miles until the taxi turned left into Greville Road and stopped at a redbrick and concrete house that looked totally alien a all the more traditional terraces

I waited until Genevieve had stepped inside and slipped in after her A quick look around her house didn’t reveal anything out of the ordinary It was neat and obviously well lived in, with plenty of clothes in the wardrobe and little dust on the furniture I briefly wondered how long she’d been away, because surely if it had been any length of time, there would have been dust And if she’d had the time to dust, ouldn’t she have collected heron her bed, checked her answering machine, then headed into the bathroom I waited until she’d filled her bath and clirabbeddown air as dizziness swept me and my stooing-to-explode pain accos felt weak, they didn’t collapse underneathto do with that<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>