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"I’, and if you don’t let et a chance to be old at it" His eyes toldhis job

"I’ll let you take me home" His look of relief disappeared when I held up my hand "When you tell me who you are"

I watched hiood answer It didn’t take too long

"You were right" He exhaled deeply, his shoulders slu "Your dad told me about your transe" Maybe I’d been wrong about the s "Don’t even try to play like that’s all you know"

"You aren’t the only person in the world with time-related abilities"

He shouldn’t have seeninside Lafitte’s And he shouldn’t know about people with tiical powers?" I fisted my hands on my hips "Is that why he told you about me?"

"Yes No" He ran his hands over his short hair, and then repeated it, like he forgot what it felt like

"Do you work for Chronos?"

"No, not Chronos"

He could see ripples He knew about tie fro Dad said

"You work for the Hourglass" I whipped his jacket off my shoulders and shoved it into his chest

His face and his fuave him away "Wh--what?"

"Please do not irritateabout That would be a serious lass, but noork for your dad"

"And they sent you?" I asked "Were there no co time "I know more about certain subjects than others Even co suspicion crept its way up my spine "What kind of subjects?"

"Subjects like you"

"Right" I started backing up toward the gate that led out to Bourbon

"Hallie, wait, please"

I stopped when I saw his eyes They couldn’t keep a secret Honesty shone out from behind them

"You’re more than you think you are, and your ability is only a sy breath "Soe the world, even save it I can help you"

I laughed So hard I doubled over

"I don’t think you’re grasping theto tell you," he said seriously

"What I will be grasping are your man berries in a vise when I turn you over to my dad"

"He knoho I am and where I’m from He hired htened uard? Because you’re really, really crappy at it"

"I tracked you here, didn’t I?"

Touché

"It was his cover forthe house, so I wasn’t supposed to need to be good at it But I put a GPS in your bag"

I smacked him with my purse and then held it open "Get it out Now"

After he removed the GPS and slipped it into his pocket, he looked at Lafitte’s, back at me, and then blew out a deep breath "I’m really kind of like … a historian"