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At this suggestion, Butch popped his head out ofbanished frohed "Nah, it’s cool I see you got a guard dog My auntie raises Chihuahuasyappy little ankle biters"

Butch’s groent lower I tapped hiently on the skull "Pipe down, you know I love you"

He shut up

"Whatcha need?"

"A Taser and a good knife, for sure"

He seeot some serious hardware up in here"

"I know, but I’m not the best shot"

"I’ll take a piece," Booke said in his plummy accent

The dealer’s face was priceless "Really?"

I stifled a s Booke take the lead "It’s been some years--" Massive understateood shot Let uy popped the trunk, revealing a dazzling array of weapons

Some had obviously seen hard street use; others looked pristine, as if they’d just come off the factory floor I didn’t ask questions, as that tended to piss off entrepreneurs like Tan Malibu Booke leaned over for a better look and then he indicated what I thought was a Glock

"May I?"

The h I wasn’t the best judge of such things, Booke seeun He held it two-handed with his fingers curled around for support, and it looked tohis experience I’d love to know more about his past, but it wasn’t the time I could hardly ask in front of GM when the story was so i with a nu "I’ll take the nine millimeter"

"I only have one type of Taser in stock," GM told me "But I don’t think you’ll be disappointed And if you’re looking for a quick kill after you incapacitate someone, then this is the blade for you" He demonstrated a few

That alarmed me, as he looked so norns around their necks, or tattoos on their foreheads That would ht all three, plus soun, and a shoulder harness that he slipped on under his jacket

"Reht, it’s illegal to carry concealed and I never met you"

I assured him, "We won’t flip"

"Heard that before," he muttered

Butch yapped at him in disapproval, as a Chihuahua’s as his bond Funny, but even a gangly Englishun hidden beneath his coat I teased hi back into the car

"Now you’ve got a total Jaick You’ll have to beat the ladies off with a stick"

He colored, cutting his eyes to the stained floorour outcoine purred to life, however, a testaood work Someday, I’d love to have him restore a car for me, totally custoed the subject; clearly he didn’t want to talk about his own charet a few things I’m not sure if you’re familiar with how herured I’d save him a feords "Tell me how I can help"

He nodded as I pulled onto the street "I’m not as versatile as a witch I need more preparation, and to use my spells in combat, I must store them in a focus object, which is destroyed in the process"

"Gotcha Yeah, I know a place Shannon and I found it a while back when I was squaring off against the Montoyas"

Caridad didn’t sell supplies; there wasspells only But after this last stop, we should be ready to head into the wilderness to find Kel Hopefully it won’t take forty days and nights

Then it occurred to ht the UK had un laws than the US"

"Not for soldiers," Booke said quietly