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"No idea she was co back and forth in agitation "Oh, and where exactly did Emmy pop in from, Sinny dear? Did she drive up fro a sister And it sounded a lot like jolly old England, which I don’t recall youelse you put behind you? Orwith the Pal his voice, Sinclair cut ht?" He ran one hand over his dreadlocks "And the accent’s not phony I grew up in Kalaave ree at the University of Oxford a year ago"

"Oh" My tail went still

"Just" Sinclair sighed "Look, Ithis" Reaching out, he took my hands "It’s coht now I’m not even sure why Emmeline’s here" His dark eyes were clear and steady "Can I count on you to have"Yeah, okay Fine"

"Thanks, Daisy" He gave ot to run I’ll give you a call later, okay?"

"Okay"

Leaning against the guardrail at the entrance into town, I watched Sinclair pedal with swift deterhway Cody pulled the squad car up before ive you a lift, Daise?"

I scowled at him "No"

"You sure?" he asked mildly "I’m headed back to the station"

"Oh, fine"

We rode in silence, but it was a comfortable silence Funny how that works when you’ve spent a lot of tiether

Cody parked in one of the station’s reserved spaces He gavebehind his auy There’s so sketchy about him And I will kick his ass seven ways till Sunday if he hurts you"

I nodded "Duly noted But Sinclair’s a good guy, Cody Sometimes people hurt each other anyway If it happens, it won’t be on purpose"

His lip curled, baring his eyeteeth Yep, definitely getting close to the full moon "Doesn’t matter"

"Yeah," I said to Cody, who had hurt ot out of the squad car "Thanks for the ride"

Twelve

Jojo the joe-pye weed fairy was lying in wait forout of the rhododendrons in a cloud of sparkling pollen, slingshot at the ready

"Jesus!" Startled, I jumped and threw up ive e What new slattern ventures onto the stage?" Her tiny face was set in a fierce expression "Speak, you ruttish, whey-faced scullion!" A handful of tourists passing through the park exclaiht I’m pretty sure they’d lared back at her "She’s his sister, you, youdeilling nitwit"

Jojo paused, hovering "I knew not he had a sister"

"Yeah, neither did I" Out of the corner oftoward her under the rhodos Da to warn her "And I don’t knohat she’s up to If you want to find out, I suggest you go spy on her"

Soalanced sideways, then shot two feet higher in a blur of translucent wings and fairy dust Showing a mouthful of needle-sharp teeth, she hissed at hiht back at her

Now the tourists looked uneasy "Mouth closed, Jojo," I reminded her

The fairy shut her ht Good riddance

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