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Rafe

The SCIF room in the basement is currently unmanned while Drew and Asa help to prepare the fake kill spot We&039;ve scouted locations and settled on the northern-most point on the property, near the windmill field A dozen self-heated wind power for the vast resort

After a brief connection with Dria to let her and Paul knohere to find us, I decide to throw myself into this part of the plan with so to endure the sickly-sweet and stabbing co

Drew and Asa stand close together, exa with the weapons in it at his feet Without warning, I run full tilt at their unsuspecting backs and knock theh rips fro retaliation

"Cohten up We have to ht took place-"

Asa barrels into me and launches us both back several feet to land on a snow-mounded, scrub bush His features are hidden behind a white ski mask, but mirth dances in his dark blue eyes "You ain and put two feet between us to shove the vampire off "Here, Drew-catch!" I push as hard as I can and Asa&039;shim, Drew decides to side step and let&039;s his seethe-mate crash in a heap

"Won&039;t it look suspicious if we&039;ll all caked in snohen the Tribunal member shows up?" Drew asks, a faint trace of annoyance in his voice as tries to brush the snow off himself

Asa stands up "Who put the stick up your ass? We&039;re supposed to look like we fought her"

The little bit of sunset light we had earlier is gone and the patch of field we picked lies at the farthest reach of the security lights close to the last winds a carefree -nosed Drew ruin it for me I nod my head at Asa, who takes up a spot behind the other vahten up, Drew," I say while extended an open hand to him in an offer to shake "Life doesn&039;t always have to be so serious" He reaches for s I reverse ht before Drew clasps it and push him square in the chest He tumbles back over Asa&039;s bent fors out across the half-lit space, to be quickly sed by the howling wind "Oh ets back to his feet "You looked like such an ass"

Pouring on the vaile receiver-turned-line the ball The force of his impact sends us farther than before and I have no doubt we&039;re successfullythe area look like it&039;s seen a battle

Back and forth, we knock each other over andof snon my back In a few minutes, Dria and Paul step into the picture and I&039;hter way before they reached us

Dria looks dashing as always in her white, fur-lined long coat, red hair billowing under her facehtly dejected at ood measure and the chef soon lies stunned, on top of another squished bush He co and whips an ice ball at the other vamp&039;s head

My wife surveys the scene with a critical eye "Looks good Noe just need to add so a dark h, "and a severed head"

Paul&039;s laughter at being included in the fun quickly dies outa head?"

"Illusion, re the nearest windrab a head-sized brick I&039;ll do the rest"

Paul reoes to find a suitable &039;head&039; Asa rips off his face it to shake the snow fro to buy that I could be the one to kill Emiko?"

I clear my throat "I let it slip that she raped you after we discussed Vivian&039;s rightful killing of Vikrah-pitched, "I never said she raped er vampire on the cheek "You never said &039;yes&039;, did you?"

"Well, no, of course I wouldn&039;t have agreed to have heralley"

"She didn&039;t give you much choice, did she?" Dria asks

Asa&039;s face shuts down and he slips his ski ly, it&039;s Dreho comments next "You can&039;t control your body&039;s reaction to stimulus Just be thankful she wasn&039;t a ht harder if it was a man," Paul says Dria shoots him a look and Drew punches hiht?"

Asa stalks to the edge of the clearing and faces away fro to have the conversation continue

Drew says in a quiet voice, "Paul, it wouldn&039;t have et it?" The wavy-haired vampire shakes his head and looks toward Asa "It just would have been et back on track, please?" I say "Too Stan, Jet, and all the Weres left in the hunt are in the dining roo to Stan

"With the way she was drilling ot to know by now that Vivian went out in the cold to check the silver sensors I&039;e she wants to know The whole point to telling the council member about Asa was so she could have a reason to believe he&039;s the one who beheads Emiko"

Asa whips back around to join in the conversation, "Yeah, I get it now But let&039;s face the facts-could I really have been capable of killing her on my own? Will Coraline buy it?" He snorts "Hell, I&039;m not so sure I would"

"Which is why," Dria says, "you&039;ll be paired up in the killing with Drew"

Drew straightens a bit "Good addition After all, I did kill Ivan"

I dart a glance at ht betray a slip of a s She had to practically push him into the act, now heHer practiced calh our connection I feel she&039;s a knife she keeps handy and slices the top of the blood bag open The coppery sh the cold air "Let&039;s start tossing this around to then and he claloved hand over his mouth His eyes close briefly in shame and he takes a moment to collect hilove "That sood"