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"You know this guy?" he asked, glancing at Jereh," the vampire said darkly "He was one of those who hurt linized I don’t know his name Do you?"

Colin studied the mess that was the man’s face He shook his head "Nope"

"It doesn’t matter," Jeremy said "Sophia will destroy all the bodies before we leave here tonight anyway Even I know that s are done"

Colin nodded He’d overheard Sophie saying soh he didn’t have a clear picture yet of hoould co this one around front," he said "You need any help with that?"

Jererace that all varabbed the dead hu hihed nothing at all He grinned at Colin’s look of surprise

"Vaet used to it if you don’t want Sophia to run you ragged"

Colin watched the vahth dwarf in a particularly grueso to run hiot everything cleaned up, but eventually Sophia alking alongside him back to where they’d left the SUVs tucked into a narrow turnout on the one, reduced to ash and scattered throughout the forest, so there wouldn’t be any suspicious piles of ash for soh Not that it was likely they’d find anything if they did Sophie’s power had produced a blaze that disintegrated flesh and bone ular fla that more closely resembled the reave Colin pause to realize Sophie had that much power inside her, but it also made him a little proud

He was quiet as they neared the SUVs, but he needed to know so and Sophie was the only one he could ask "You sahat Jereuy I couldn’t even tell who it hen he finished"

"Yes"

"Is thatI mean, do you think that’s what Raphael did to Garry?"

She took his hand, pulling him to a stop so she could look into his face "Your friend--"

"Not aze evenly "Not any the distinction "McWaters, then--he tried to murder Raphael’s e drove hi for a comparison "Jeremy is a child’s breath compared to the most destructive stor in his path without regard And that storently "McWaters is almost certainly dead by now, and there is no benefit to be found in trying to envision things which are quite beyond ination"

"Fuck" Colin looked away "Mac wasn’t who I thought it he was He turned out to be about as low as a ood soldier, too And once an honorable e on a dime, you know?"

"I do Soe our ers on her hand and started walking again, looking up when they reached the road and Robbie called Sophie’s na out a cell phone "Duncan," he said and offered her his cell

Sophie nodded her thanks and accepted the phone

"This is Sophia"

Her htened in irritation as she listened, but her voice remained all business "Yes, of course," she said "The bodies were burned to ash and scattered at random, all blood trace elier, then raised her head and asked Colin "How long before we arrive at the coht, we can make time Half hour probably, forty minutes at the most"

She repeated the information and nodded in that autoht, then I’ll be there" She disconnected the phone and handed it back to Robbie with a murmured, "Thank you"

She looked up at Colin and said quietly, "We’ll talk later"

He nodded, taking her hand again and continuing toward the SUVs He figured whatever it was they had planned for to Lucien The huht have been taken out, but Lucien had so to do with it, too, and he was still an unknown Was he dead? Or was he pulling the strings fro? Colin didn’t know And it seemed no one else did either