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Wejeans and a leather jacket that barely covered his roundishdark-leather shoes that looked like a cross between running shoes and hiking shoes I kneas packing heat, and the truth was, I felt better having him here Sherbet exuded an aura of control and security More so than any ht be a creature of the night who has faced on&039;s lair alone just sounded like one hell of a shitty way to spend an evening

The alley parking lot was e down on the back door A sticker claimed that there was an alarm system in use, but ere about to see I doubted there was If this place hat I thought it was, then I doubted Mr Robert Mason ever wanted the police anywhere near the pre, he would handle the intruders hioons had shown up at my house and neither had been Mason, I was sure of it Three against two I liked our chances

I doubted Hanner was directly involved in the production of the blood She seemed more refined than that She seemedbetter than that What her connection was, exactly, I didn&039;t know

But I was going to find out

I was the first to try the door Locked, of course I turned the lever a little harder, and it broke free inup the broken handle "If the door is broken, right?"

Sherbet shook his head and eased his bulk around me As he did so, I had a momentary whiff of Old Spice and sweat, which, forin," he growled, as he broke in "This is an e, and he&039;s our only suspect I&039; to that story until the day I die"

"Sounds good to me"

He removed his Smith & Wesson from his shoulder holster "C&039;mon"

The hallas pitch black to anyone but ht Sherbet reached into a pocket and reht that had a lot of u a narrow hallith a door to either side

"Lights?" I asked

Sherbet shook his head and continued sweeping the powerful beas "I don&039;t want anyone running; at least, not yet We&039;ll catch the bastards by surprise"

"Sounds like rinned "Sure it does So what are we looking for?"

"A storage room Or a props rooms We&039;re close to it, I think"

"Then what?"

"We look for a mirror"

"A mirror?"

"Yes"

"And you know this how?"

"I&039;m a freaky chick"

He rolled his eyes "Fine Then what?"

"There should be an opening behind it"

"Thank God you didn&039;t say through it Dealing with vah I don&039;t think I can handle Harry Potter, too" Sherbet took another step, then paused "Hey, do that crazy thing you do with your mind"

"Myjobs you do, or whatever you call it"

"&039;Mental scouting job&039; sounds good to ive you two"

I closed hts out like a net The net scattered throughout the theater, through roo, and even up into the lighting booth

"We&039;re alone up here," I said, reporting back, opening hosts?"

"The ghosts that have been following us since we stepped foot in here"

"I didn&039;t need to know that"

Lots of old places have spirits hanging around them, and this theater, which was decades old, if not a century, was no exception Still, there seey here, y which flitted past quickly, energy which appeared and disappeared next to us, energy which watched us frohtly glowing human forms These watched us from doorways and rafters, from behind curtains and in s I decided not to tell Sherbet about the entity standing next to hihosts

"You said alone up here," said Sherbet "You think this creep works below ground?"