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"It’s no coincidence that Gulakah showed up here at this point" I pointed to one of the paragraphs "Here--it says that Newkirk showed up on the scene a couple weeks ago Van and Jaycee took an inized the spirit seal?" Trillian rapped his fingers on the table
"Yeah My bet is that they’ve figured out that Newkirk really does have one of the spirit seals and that they called ho for help Chances are, they don’t knoerful Newkirk is--yet If they try to steal the seal by the Daddy back home in the Sub-Realms"
"So, call for help and that way, it re go wrong" Seneral knows exactly who has the spirit seal"
"Which means we’re not the only ones after Newkirk A three-way race against soot Us, Trytian, and the deether comfortable In fact, two out of the three possible end scenarios weren’t in our favor
Chase opened the door and slipped back in We looked at hi He cocked his head to the side, a faint s across his lips "I just went to check on so and we may have lucked out Turns out one of our FBH rape victio They got DNA off her, but no hits were ever h she described her attacker to the sketch artist, there were never any leads We already ordered a DNA swab from Andy Gambit in Alfina’s case We’ll know in a couple of days I put a rush on it"
"It’s going to be positive You know it is, and then we ot some info for you about one of the spirit seals We have a new de and I stopped to answer it The Caller ID read Trytian Crap, what now?
I flipped it open, listened to what Trytian had to say, and then turned to the others "Don’t they ever give it a rest? Van and Jaycee have been spotted over in one of the graveyards They’re with Telazhar, raising the dead--who knows for what purpose? Looks like they’re intent on wreaking as much havoc as possible" I turned to Chase "Can we borroeapons? Not guns, of course, but er’s at home and so is Trillian’s sword, and Camille’s knife"
Chase nodded As he called for Sharabbed our jackets "I wish I could go with you, but I need ly Gambit’s incarcerated here, and I don’t want a situation where there’s a run on the station"
"No problem We can take care of this," I said, with more confidence than I felt At that moment, Shaood-sized dagger They weren’t silver but they were sharp, with cool steel hilts As we headed toward the door, I gave the Ceraveyard in the West Seattle area" West Seattle wasn’t all that far froe bar was
As we burst out the doors,that the protest had swelled dramatically There were three times as , but the ns Thephotographs and fil with a bullhorn He stood next to Neely, who had another bullhorn Waving to theear as Shade joined ht Lysanthra," I ainst the undead"
"Yes, but at least we have blades" Shade nodded "We’ll just have to get along e have We don’t have tio arht twice in the past few days relying on what I had on hand Not again"
As we peeled out of the parking lot, following Caed for the days ere a s what see Ce place for those with no roup of churches--including the United Worlds Church--contributed to the upkeep, as well as the burial of the indigent, the homeless, and the naraveyard was surrounded by an iron picket fence that was falling over in soet for h to cover nonessentials But the grass was neatly mowed, and a few rose bushes were scattered here and there aels rose from the center of the park to watch over the dead
I scanned the lot The thickets of trees shaded lurkers, but even though it was ht In fact, I doubted that the Freeburg Ceh to leave flowers or say a prayer for the dead, at least after the initial burial
"There--over there behind that stand of cedars" Caht I squinted and followed her direction Figures were raves
"Has to be them Unless so o Stick to the trees" We slipped between the trees, crouching down With luck, they hadn’t spotted us
"I’ll be dae fern that filled the space between two large Douglas firs The fernthere for years because it was at least four feet high and stretched between the trunks with ease Cah them
"What do you see?"
"It’s Jaycee Van and Jaycee are here And there’s somebody with theht be Telazhar"
"Telazhar? Hoe handle hin of Newkirk?" The last thing ere prepared for at the moment was a Koyanni with a spirit seal Especially one who kne to use it
She shook her head "No, and I only see two other Tregarts standing lookout But there are other figures out there, lurching around"
"Lurching? That doesn’t sound pro meant a lack in the motor skills department And that much of a lack of coordination i out with a bunch of drunken frat boys, and that didn’t seem likely
"Wait--Telazhar just…vanished" She shook her head "He’s able to teleport"