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"No!" Leaning forward, I pounded a fist on my knee "At this point they’d just kill me there We have to root out whoever snatched Min and take the fight to the around like a rat in a maze I want to blow their shit up" I sat back, astonished at my own vehemence

Ordinarily I wasn’t e to walk away now I hadn’t known Maris, but Lenny Marlowe had been a kind, gentle soul They’d exterminated him like a roach, and I wanted payback

BesideI elbowed hi look as if to offer, You want me to bite him?

"Well, we may be in a position to do that," Chance said "I found soavea bell Then I had it

"The angel that knocked an excitedly

Jesse leaned over for a closer look at the luel--"

"Never rave, and on the statue, there was a poe to re for a moment, Chance quoted, " ‘The Crescent-, as ye there are seen/With but a span of sky between--/Speak one of you, e and which the Queen?’ It’s Wordsworth"

"That ht be it Anyway, I’m not sure if the poeh" I pushed off the couch and found some scrap paper "Looked like this, only inverted" I drew the stylized U that Booke had seen on Chuch’s house, the Mixtec symbol for the moon

"So our warlock is a Montoya," Jesse surmised

Chance nodded "It looks that way"

"Or he’s related to them? It may not be his last naive you an address, could you get a warrant? I’ shady Why else would they need a private landing strip?"

"Too thin for a warrant" Jesse shook his head "I need ut instinct to do it by the book"

Well, that rankled No wonder I hated legal garbage Most of it seeuilty and persecute the innocent

Chance asked, "You think Bucky could help?"

I glanced atapproval "You know, that’s not a bad idea Heon in there"

"Bucky’s in bed with Jeannie by now," Jesse said, glancing at his watch "Since I have to work torin as he stood "Co, Corine?"

Don’t ask o back to Jesse’s place with him The idea tempted me

"No" I te on all cylinders toet any sleep"

"That’s true" Modesty did not factor as one of his virtues He dropped a casual kiss on the end of my nose and saw hi at each other Aard

"So it’s like that now?" he asked "There’s really no chance for us"

"Are you kidding me?"

He honestly didn’t seem to knohat I meant "What?"

"You spent all day with another woman and you have the nerve--"

"Whoa, hold up Just what do you think happened between us?"

I decided to back off Nothing inspired e to be happy for him someday, but there was no way I’d spell it out Besides I didn’t want to know if he had the nerve to lie to ed "Whatever it was, I wasn’t allowed to be part of it"

"It was private, Corine" Chance sighed and looked at his hands

Honestly, he looked tired and worn, not gloith satisfaction Although thatthe bus for a few hours after all the boinking Served hiraveyard

"I just bet," I oing to think you’re jealous "What did you help her find anyway?" Her G-spot?

"Her heart," he said soh that I took a second look at his face

Whatever that entailed, I suddenly felt sure it’d been bad "You’re okay, though?"

"Mostly It didn’t help that you ditched eout with Supercop I understand why you were ardless of hed "I guess I was right to be worried about you"

"How’d you get back?" I wanted to apologize for thinking the worst of hiht a ride with so a run to Boys Town They dropped me off at Chuch’s door for beerroom, and sat down beside me, his eyes on my bruised forehead "Are you hurt anywhere else?"

Butch answered for ed "I’m sorry I overreacted"

Thank God he didn’t knohy Chance seemed to think I’d left because he sent eted me That was fine withhe wouldn’t rat me out