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Being back inside that cabin was eerie Our s from the previous weekend were turned over on a kitchen towel on the counter The bed in the corner wasa fire

Once it flickered to life, he straightened up

"Ti in Thomas"

"Need help?"

"Nah, he&039;s a light weight"

Dante&039;s retreating footsteps echoed over the floorboards I rubbed ether in front of the fire, but it offered no heat

The cabin door flew open, hitting the ith a bang

Dante dragged Thomas by the shoulders and dus to the chair will you?"

I rued around in the kitchen drawers until I found a roll of duct tape

No one had ever trained e to a chair before I started by pulling Thomas&039;s ar noise as I pulled long stretches of it froht," Dante said

I held one of Tho tape around his appendage and the gap between the strips of wood backing I ripped the pieces of tape off with my bare hands His feet were easier

I stood back to admire my handiwork

"What about the hood?"

"Leave it on"

Dante checked Thomas&039;s wrists "Not bad, Sky"

"Nohat?"

The fire sparked behind Dante casting an eerie glow all around him

His eyes were on Thomas

"Noait for the sedative to wear off"

The cabin felt a hundred degrees hotter once the fire got going I welco my ass off in the outhouse

I nodded at Thomas "Still out?"

Before Dante could answer a murmur came from under the black hood

Dante yanked it off The fire wasn&039;t the only presence in the cabin that had co fearful, Thoe

"You two!" Thomas sputtered "You killed Patrick and Ivo, didn&039;t you?"

"I&039;ll ask the questions, son," Dante said "Now tell me who offed Janine"

Thorabbed Dante&039;s hunting knife off the table and handed it to hi for his scalpel, and I was the assisting nurse

"What are you going to do?" Thonored him and turned to ot Tholed in an attes

I nodded, trying ood idea "His friends won&039;t have any more use for him once he has no more blood"

"You can&039;t do that!" he shouted

"It&039;s my job," Dante said smoothly "You&039;re a threat to the nation, Tho we&039;ll consider you in league with the hostiles"

Thomas&039;s jaw dropped "Hostiles?"

"Hostiles, vaer to society Noho killed Janine?"

Thoether and shook his head

Dante rinned "I was hoping you wouldn&039;t cooperate"

Dante sliced his dagger across Thomas&039;s arm The boy screaht to the other arm, shall we? Unless you want to tell me who killed Janine"

Dante pressed the tip of his knife into Thoh

"Stop! Renard - it was Renard! God, just stop!"

Dante got up abruptly and went to the kitchen He wiped his blade clean with a rag before setting it on the table He stepped directly in front of Thoain

"Now for the real question How did Renard find out?" Dante reached forward in an instant and wrapped his hands around Tho sound

Was it wrong that I felt attracted to Dante for one fleeting second?

"This one&039;s a freebie," Dante hissed into Thomas&039;s ear "I&039;ll answer for you You ratted Janine out You got her killed"

Dante released his grip, and Thoasped as he sucked in air

Tho "I didn&039;t want her to die! She&039;s the one who got herself involved in all this Where do you think Renard ca once he heard the police suspected arson at Ivo&039;s place? He knows I&039;m over there all the time"

"You could have told hi rather than send a mass murderer after Janine"

Tholared at me "You&039;re the murderers Wendy especially She was the last one there that night"

"What did you tell Renard about us?"

"Everything I could!" Thomas seethed in his chair

"Wendy," Dante said cal to me "Take Tommy and wait in the Jeep"

I hesitated at the door