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"You!" he snarled, then spat at me The wad of saliva m left a trail of slime as it slid down the wall behind rand at the bastard and choking the snot out of hi across at hiuely, like soain, ht, dark blond hair, and ordinary features; built like he worked out, but not excessively He wore ordinary jeans and a plain red T-shirt The only thing out of the ordinary about him was the mark on his forearm--a tattoo in the shape of an elaborate, colorful cross in vivid green, red, and gold I felt the e He’d taken a binding oath

I foundevery syllable I uttered "What did you swear, and who did you swear it to? Why were you trying to kidnap randmother?"

His eyes blazed with pure hatred If looks could kill, I’d be dead inwas all he could do, bound as he was by both handcuffs and , siren witch"

"Oh, you’ll talk" Griffiths’s s ant to know"

If the round had any sense, he’d be terrified Because he was dealing with sirens When push coic towithout hesitation I, myself, had used my talent to save my life and that of htmares

Why did he look so fauy, and yet-- Nope I couldn’t reht, theto remember when the EMTs arrived a few minutes later

"I’ with the ahter than he had the prisoner if he wanted to stop me

Baker turned to Griffiths "Go with the prisoner I’ll see to Ms Peahi When she’s stable, I’ll bring the princess to headquarters She can help with the questioning"

I watched as the EMTs gently placed round had attacked a helpless little old woman, would have done God alone knehat to her before he was done Hell, yes, I’d help with the questioning

I was looking forward to it

Even in an ambulance, the drive to the hospital took awhile The streets were just that crowded Less than twenty-four hours remained before the ceremonies on Serenity were to take place, and excitean stirring after a fewwhat had happened and co after waking up that

On the one hand, that was a relief She’d been so terrified, it was a mercy for her not to have to remember

On the other hand, she’d make a lousy witness when it came to trial And I was more than a little worried by the a was simple chloroform; it shouldn’t have caused memory problems

I wanted to ask the EMTs, but I didn’t want to alarm Gran I concentrated hard and sentlanced at e on the blood pressure cuff We’re wondering about her ht be the bump on her head, but security took a sample of the cloth he held to her mouth to see if there’s a curse involved, and we’ve swabbed her es I’ there’s er than she looks Barring co to be fine

I let out a breath I hadn’t knoas holding Thank God

How are you? Any bloodlust?

When I thought about it, I was a little surprised that I didn’t feel any, considering the stress I was under It would be really sad to think that this level of stress was , sooner rather than later Is there a cafeteria at the hospital?

Can you eat solids? Her ed to sound surprised

Not really Baby food, h a blender Broth or soup will do I drink nutrition shakes in a pinch

Then you should be able to get so But take care of it quick We don’t want there to be any problems at the hospital

No We don’t