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"I sure hope so, son Nathan, let’s get water on the grass around the horimly Ashe watched as his father and Nathan Anderson went to find hoses to do what they could The heat fro home was almost unbearable, so Ashe helped Luanne stand and walk farther away Other parents assisted Peter and Linda Jansen They followed Ashe and Luanne, eventually turning to watch as the two va hoht to ask Ashe

"It’s just soed "Not important Ask my dad about it" Ashe knew his father would place compulsion, but it couldn’t be helped He’d rather expose himself than allow three people to die "Look, if you don’t need anything else, I have to go findhis father’s shirt to drop, Ashe turned to bu out echolocation signals again, Ashe found whom he believed responsible--two fornoring them for the moment, Ashe went in search of his mother’s falcon

Chad and Jeres’ office while Marcus paced Benja in on the conversation "So you thought you’d get aith this," Marcus DeLuca growled Chad was the one whose condition had given them away--he had burns on his hands and across his chest His cheek, too, bore a cut froy to the Cloud Chief Packned contrition hadn’t escaped Marcus’ harsh scrutiny, however

"We just wanted to scare them," Jeremy whined

"Shut up!" Chad hissed

"You burned the whole damn house down," Marcus exploded "What do you expect me to do about that? What kind of punishh to begin with Now they’re terrified We offered them hospitality, and you do this? Chad, if Ashe hadn’t acted, those three would be dead now and the Director of the NSA and Ho questions As it is, he still may come and I may turn you over to him Is that what you want?"

"I didn’tbefore Marcus

"I’ him to make a decision as to punish this, but the school administrators will hand out your punish with Nathan Anderson and Jonas O’Neill, Wynn’s father All three of Cloud Chief’s races were represented

"Go back to the cafeteria; you’ll know soon enough what your punishs’ office quickly; Ashe ht behind theht," Jeremy hissed as he and Chad walked down the hall toward the History classroom They’d decided to skip the noonif they walked into the lunchroom now Jere; just that they’d gotten caught

"Yeah Pack the Jansens, and he blabs that he found us afterward by echolocation You can’t convincea stab in the dark, ot burned and cut up a little Most of it was healed up already, but you still have a cut on your cheek and your hands are blistered No way to convince the Packmaster ere innocent, once the stupid bat pointed him in our direction," Jeremy cursed softly under his breath This was Ashe Evans’ fault; start to finish The eet back at hiet hionna hand out punishment for Chad, but the school administrators have to decide what happens to Wormy," Ashe settled into his cafeteria seat next to Sali He’dPrincipal Billings’ office

"What do you think they’re going to do?" Cori had helped hide Ashe’s absence fro the crowded cafeteria She and Sali had huddled together to conceal his disappearance fro and engaging in boisterously noisy activity

"No idea Cori, those people could have died," Ashethe best of congealed meat and cheese, Ashe bit into it and chewed

"Dad said the girl was burning candles in her bedroom Chad wouldn’t have set the house on fire if she hadn’t done that"

"Cori, don’t take their part in this," Ashe lifted his milk carton "None of this would have happened if Chump and Wormy hadn’t decided to terrorize those people Now the Jansens are living in Old Harold’s house because theirs burned doith everything they owned inside it"

"I know Mo" Cori crumpled her paper napkin and dropped it onto her tray

"I think those two agents are working to get furniture for them; Old Harold didn’t have a lot and most of it was ancient," Ashe said "They’ll need clothes, too"

"I think Mo dishes over; Aunt Marcie had a bunch of stuff she didn’t need" Sali’s Aunt Marcella now lived in Pat Roberts’ old house She’dher husband and two sons behind in Phoenix

"Moht," Ashe said

"But this separates that family from the others," Cori pointed out "They’rethat the other kids lean on Luanne a lot," Ashe observed "I overheard that Philip kid saying he wanted to ride with her on the way up and Macy, one of the other girls, had just talked to her on her walkie-talkie before Chump set the house on fire"

"Even I can’t believe he did that," Cori shook her head "Talk about dumb"