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I winced Slicing yourself open every single day for five years? Ow I didn’t even knohat to say in the face of that kind of dedication and effort "Thank you" didn’t seeh, but it was all I had So I said it "Thank you"

He s the usual war me a quick kiss on the forehead "You’re welcome"

The level of e uncoed the subject "You said the hotel Does this oing to try to otten any leads on that de you about But I need a ride Kevin drove rab my keys" I shook my head in halfhearted disapproval andto tell hiht not be my lover anymore, but he was and alould be my friend I orried about hih for one--if they’d ever existed in the first place But if I could delay telling him a few hours until he was in better shape, I would "Hope you don’t store on the way? I need to wrap my knee"

There was a tap on the door We turned in unison to find Dawna standing in the doorway, looking distinctly unco?"

"I’ anywhere for a while Detective Gibson is downstairs with a pair ofto each other in soers across the coffee table at the FBI guys from yesterday They all want to ask you questions Now In fact, they’re being pretty insistent about it"

Crap "Well, doesn’t this just suck?"

"You shouldn’t talk to them without an attorney present," Bruno advised

"I’ve already ht about the Feds" I doubted an attorney would help uess, they’d probably been sent here by Rusland’s king I was actually kind of glad they were here with the police Otherwise I ht just have been taken off soation Maybe even one that involved a certain level of … unpleasantness and ultimately my untimely per to hide It was unlikely any of my visitors would believe that But if I disappeared there’d be lots and lots of uncomfortable questions and bad publicity Bruno would see to it, even if Gibson didn’t The king didn’t need bad press, even if his retainers did have diplomatic immunity

And of course I said I’d cooperate fully Hell Don’t think about it, Graves At this point if they want to kill you, they’re going to have to take a nu

I pasted a smile on my face that I hoped would fool Dawna I couldn’t fool Bruno He knew me too well "Dawna, do me a favor, put them in the conference roo to call ot the conference rooes but tried to sound unfazed God, why did this feel like every other weekday? "Fine Give the for my attorney Then order rolls We’ll meet here in my office once the attorney arrives" I turned to Bruno and tried to keep the frustration in my voice to a minimum After all, none of this was his fault Mine either, if it ca a cab"

"I’"

I started to protest, but he silenced me with a look "Consider me your supernatural advisor Federal law dictates you can have one when you’re not fully hu that expression, so I didn’t bother to try Mollified, he closed his laptop, put it in the case, then got up andinto a chair in the far corner

Daas shaking her head in ah She’d never tried to budge Bruno when he was in one of his h to oing to let you stay Supernatural advisor or not"

He gaveof teeth "Unless they are very, very good, they’ll never even suspect I’m here"

I blinked stupidly "You can do that? I ht it wasn’t possible for people to disappear" Then again, wasn’t that exactly what Jones had done?