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"You’re a vampire You’re a killer by nature," Keaty said, obviously not caring whether or not Brigit’s feelings were hurt by the coed one shoulder and looked fros are killers by nature, but people still keep them as pets Wolves are killers by nature, but you don’t hunt doolves" She gave Desmond a small smile, which he returned "Of everyone in this room, you’re more of a killer than us monsters combined," she told Keaty

He was silent The ator I’d ever ht eggplant was really , he hr to get to an admission she’d verbally whooped his butt I was iht of her words I was sure Keaty had killed many many people in his time, but so had I And sometimes I had to wonder if they all deserved it

While Keaty stood around looking grie cubby I was getting uncomfortably cold in the room, but since I had yet to tell Keaty what had happened toabout the chill

"If you’re right and the fairy doesn’t live in our world, it ate And we can check the delivery schedules to see where Petey and Carly had been sent in the area of that Bath & Body Works" It was in everyone’s best interests I steer our attention back to the topic at hand We should be focused on who or what had killed these teenagers rather than as the biggest, baddest killer in the rooate," Keaty offered "Fae can move in the daytime, so we need to be able to watch it at all hours"

"Oh, that’s not a problereat idea" My phone started vibrating in e can so the way So far I’d been scolded by Lucas and Keaty I illing to bet whoever was calling

I looked at et any worse?" I said aloud before I could stop myself

"I find if the question needs to be asked, the answer is al for the first ti a naked, dead teenager made him uneasy Now that I’d put Carly’s body away, he had relaxed slightly As riuys Duty calls"

Chapter Forty-Five

"Do you knohis ti himself as the cool, collected Tribunal leader who never let anything get to hi phone call--was not thethirteen seconds fro into h the conversation without being scolded

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"Secret, this isn’t a joke"

"I know"

"Then stopit one"

"Do you think I find it funny I’ve lost three weeks of et onon the party hats and confetti"

"Are you quite done?"

"I ht be"

"Go home Stay there Holden and I will be over shortly"

"I can’t--"

"This is not a negotiation," he shouted,the so, or you will leaveyou back by your hair Do you understandless and less with each passing second What use wasto be treated like a feeble, useless child because of it? "But I…"

The dial tone toldNot that he’d have heard anything I said if he’d stayed on the line I e for as ranted in the conversation

I opened the door and looked into the small room I hadn’t realized how packed it had been with all of us in there, but now that I was on the outside I wondered hoe’d o," I told ate a ht after a pissed-off vaivesto the council," Desument "No way in hell"