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There wouldn’t be any ues or dirty councils For all the pros, the one con on ain It was enough to stophim to book me a plane ticket

"What did you ever see in him?" Dorian asked as he carried a pizza up the stairs and laid it on the coffee table Sometime between Jackson Square and Dorian’s place I’d lost ht o’clock, my stomach was furious withahen he should stay and fight It’s a cowardice o with him, a coward? I knew in reality I couldn’t actually run fro the country wouldn’t eradicate the knowledge that I was a spirit walker from the VC’s minds, and Holly would still be the horrible person that she was Turning my back on all of my probleht

"He’s leaving to protectcheese didn’t fall on Dorian’s antique rug or couch He sat in the chair to the right, resting his leg on his bent knee I could feel his eyes observing h to hear

"I spoke to Fiona earlier and Holly is wandering around the castle as if nothing happened My own council is either dirty or doesn’t believeit into reen eyes pleading withmore pieces of pepperoni, I laid them on a napkin and set them on the floor "I’m such a horrible owner"

"I picked her so ever since you brought her here"

I smiled because Dorian was not an animal person "Thank you" I looked down at my Persian "She still needs a name and I refuse to name her shadow just because she’s black I think I’ll name her snowball"

"Snowball?"

"Yep, it’ll confuse the hell out of people when they see a black cat named snowball"

Dorian shook his head, a smile on his face "Now that that’s taken care of…"

I ate my pizza and kept my eyes on hts of leaving all over my face

"Do you have proof your council is bad?"

"Huh?" I lifted my head to look at him "Oh, uh no, but Holly’s freedom speaks volumes"

"Maybe it’s a faux sense of freedo her think they think she’s innocent in order to watch her Govern the death sentence to one of their own easy They’ll want concrete proof"

"I thought that was the point of the trial?"

"It is, but they’ll want to find their own proof before they see yours"

I shrugged "Maybe, but Fiona also said there are ruo hybrid Add to the fact that no one called to tell me the protection spell was reactivated…It’s all a little fishy"