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A fat plastic spider hanging froround with a thud We both jumped

It was time to put the truth out on the table She could do whatever she wanted with it "Michael and I were like brothers, because Dad wishes Michael were his son"

Eht of er I looked up, expecting another spider to fall, or for one of the scarecrows in the corner to be wobbling on its banaled to Eht Fearlessness and deteruy I’d never seen before stepped inside the building

A quick flash of light reflected off the knife in his hand

I stood up on the stage in front of Emerson when he started toward us Shorter than me by four or five inches, his shoulders were as wide as htly to the left, as if he’d broken it in a fight and set it himself afterward

"No one’s supposed to be in here The policeht I inclined ht outside if you’re looking for them"

"I’m not" He had an accent--either British or Australian-- I could never tell theulated Controlled

"How can I help you?" I hoped Em would keep quiet and not draw attention to herself I heard her cli

"You’re Kaleb Ballard" He cli just in front of the veil

Squinting at him in the dark, I tried to remember if I’d seen him somewhere before He didn’t look much older than me, but there was a weird air of maturity about him "Who’re you?"

"Call s of the pirate shirt "You need to pass on a e"

I raised h, and from the way his body stiffened, the efforts to keep his temper restrained were considerable "The space time continuum is compromised"

"Thanks" My ers closed over ht hand The knife Her fear ue to stop any more smart aleck responses

"The continuum is comprolass have h the veil

I didn’t respond The first rule of Hourglass is that you don’t talk about Hourglass Like Fight Club, but without the o of my wrist and took a step closer to Poe "What if those associated with it didn’t understand their choices?"

I gritted norance of the law is not an excuse" He spoke in a creepy er inside hiuess you’re the sheriff?"

Her response snapped a tenuous thread Instead of acknowledging her, Poe stared directly into my eyes and smiled The hair on the back of my neck stood up

It didn’t happen in slow motion,froed, knife pointed directly at me

Erabbed her upper arm and jerked her into the veil

The sae so she could do daroith the effort, her fury hot I kept o"

When he shook his head, I launched ainst what felt like a rock wall

I hit the ground, landing onthat looked like water shouldn’t be so solid I tried again, putting ive