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I picked up one of Thoraph when I flipped it open "To Felicia, all best, Edie Thoh most ay more personal "To Felicia, with all my love," "To Felicia, I’m so proud of your success," and "To Felicia, You did it!" confirmed that Felicia was more than just Edie’s fan; they knew one another, and probably well

I couldn’t remember too much about Edie Thompson, so I flipped back to her author bio, with its picture, and everything slid into place

"Ryu," I called quietly I was hoping not to attract the attention of Phaedra’s lot, but I s Everyone stopped and stared at hed as Ryu came toward me, and I decided I’d just show him what I’d found and let him choose what to reveal I knew there were all sorts of Alfar power struggles going on here, and I had the feeling Ryu was fighting to stay donore Phaedra’s orders to help him, but obviously neither could he trust her So we all had to do a little tap dancing With Ryu as our choreographer

I pointed at the author’s photo, which showed a very attractive older wo hair accentuated the size of her large, dark eyes There were laugh lines around her eyes and mouth, and--in her picture, at least--she looked like the perfect ent, funny, and kind Exactly the kind of person an orphaned girlto--especially if the woman was Felicia’s academic supervisor

I then pointed from the photo to the other set of pictures, where Edie and Felicia srunted

Then I traced ernail under the other pertinent bit of information Edie was a professor at Harvard, and she e

Ryu took the book from my hands and leaned over to kiss ure out hoe used the infor women in the photos killed

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

You bastard…" I grunted "You pushed me in the water"

"Learn how to drive, Toadstool," was Anyan’s only response "Learn how to drive"

As soon as the little cloud had dropped me back on the track, I narrowed my eyes and pressed down on my accelerator button It took me a wee bit to catch up, but when I did, I unleashed hell First, I blew up Anyan’s giant dragon/turtle character with a spare bomb I had, and then I shot past hi to my feet to do a little victory dance "Who needs to learn to drive now, biatch?"

Anyan ain"

"You’ll just get beat, again" I grinned, causing Julian to chortle froain until I win," he said His iron-gray eyes, always intense, hthearted words seem more serious, and for a second I was very aware of him, myself, and the space between us

"I think I found another one," Julian said fro, I thought I dropped ame controller and wipedto peer over Julian’s shoulder