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"It’s not all bad news" He turned the laptop so I could see the screen He’d been researching on an internal website for the coo was proet i on how far the process went, you ht start with soft foods and see if you can work your way up"

I founduntil my face hurt I love food Really love food Especially the ethnic stuff like real Mexican, Thai, and good-old-fashioned Italian, heavy on the garlic Oh, crap--garlic Was it going to be a problearlic or no, I ht be able to eat real food Solid stuff Like a nors Andhis head in amused disbelief

"What? I’?"

That earnedyou’re thinking about You need to concentrate on finding your sire, before he--"

I waved that away "Yeah, yeah, I know But honestly, I’uys who set up the ambush than about the specific bat that bit ed out with Mo?" Bruno sounded tired enough that I took a closer look at hiia and sexual attraction

He was tired There orry lines and wrinkles I hadn’t noticed before And while I could feel a steady strea, and more powerful even than what I’d sensed fro with tension, even sitting still

"Are you okay?"

"It’s been a rough few months," he admitted "I’ll be fine"

A little white lie And just like that I knew It wasn’t , well, not of the psychic sort More the sort of connection you have with so ti "Dalared at erously He answered the accusation I hadn’t bothered to voice "It’s not like I’ve had a lot of choice You don’t knohat’s been going on"

"Maybe not," I snarled "But I know that draining your poithout rest is going to cause it to get out of control, maybe even fail I know that it’ll cut arette habit" My knee spasotten toon my arms on the desk I’d invaded his personal space, but unlike Ron, Bruno wasn’t backing away

"Yeah, well, right now I know that there’s a lesser de around loose in the h he’s injured, one of ic, and another one barely survived a vas are a little tense So, bitch atwill just have to wait"

I rocked back on my heels as if he’d slapped me It would’ve been better if he had I wasn’t the only person who counted a certain clairvoyant as my best friend "You’re sure about Vicki?"

"I’e of his nose with his left hand It was a fahts when he’d stayed up too late studying and was tired "They called our coh pull to insist on co"

"Tell me"

"I can’t It’s confidential, and I’ve taken oaths" He rolled up his right sleeve, showing me a ht red and probably hadn’t been there a minute earlier He shook his head "If I wasn’t so damned tired, I wouldn’t have let even that ht Binding oaths were … well, binding Breaking thes than dying I didn’t like that he’d allowed hirown-up And since the deed was definitely done, well, the best thing I could do for hi that you’re on thin ice, not that you’ve fallen through" I loweredthat would harm Bruno But I could ask other people questions: people like Dr Scott at Birchwoods, ould get a full copy of the report

"Can you tell me about the demon?"