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"They were destroyed You’ll go barefoot"
"What about ?"
"I told you--"
"Yeah, yeah I’d so sue you if this was a hu for the powers it bestowed--she had great hearing and night vision without it, and she’d always possessed a natural and rare ability to see through the invisibility cloak that prevented average hu the that had been her mother’s
"Hurry up"
Reluctantly, she followed him out of the rooraffiti-scarred gray walls she’d had in her roo either side of the corridor, and every so often they passed an iron cage or a stretcher Nearby, the steady beeping ofscreeched over the grating sound of metal on metal Tayla suppressed a shudder If Castle Dracula screwed a hospital, this would be the bastard offspring
"Where are we going?"
"Parking lot"
"Parking lot?" Sounded so nor to ride out on a river of fire? On hellhounds, maybe?"
Heat seared her cheeks, because that was exactly what she’d been thinking "No"
"We do have ular patients to leave, but the exit points are all in territory unfriendly to you, so I’ chariot is in the shop"
"You don’t have to be such a s the walls, some suspiciously human in appearance, others clearly de at dozens of different species "How do you keep this place hidden frois keep their headquarters hidden from demons"
"Nice try"
A Sora derasped Tayla’s elbow and spoke into her ear, deep and low "You need to be quiet now Look miserable"
Miserable No probleue, and she had little choice but to trust hiht ria-colored skin flushed even darker, beco Tayla in favor of batting her spiky lashes "I’d say I’ if I said I had not wanted to run into you"
Her tail whipped like a playful cat’s around her feet, and before Hellboy could answer, she sauntered away, her species one that had always reminded Tayla of sexy cartoon devils perched on people’s shoulders
"She wasinteresting"
"New nurse"
They hurried along dimly lit hallways made darker by the black floors and populated only by the occasional nurse or maintenance worker, all of whom eyed her warily Tayla took note of the rooms, some clearly for patients, some very lablike in appearance, and she was more than a little surprised to see a workout area cos The hospital was larger than she would have expected
Finally, as they entered an area of the hospital that went fro a set of car keys froers over the paw of a gargoylelike statue guarding the arched entrance
"Ad lot exit is ahead"
The sound of her bare feet slapping the floor echoed as they walked past the small rooms and cubicles that resembled any other corporate offices she’d seen on TV She almost expected to see men in suits behind the desks
"Which one is yours?"
"Ahead on the right We’re going to duck inside"
They slipped through the doorway, and the door clicked shut behind the quickly, he closed the blinds on the only hich faced out into the hall With a few taps on his coround parking lot
"No one there" He turned off theaway fro lot In a demon hospital
None of this made sense or connected in her head She felt as if she’d read a book fro but the first and last chapters The last eight years of her life had been spent learning about deis lesson had ever prepared her for Life in the Everyday World of Demon Doctors Demons were supposed to live in sewers and fiery netherworlds They didn’t hold jobs They didn’t save lives They tormented, raped, and killed
There were exceptions, what The Aegis called corporate hellspawn, fiends who ain power and control over her race, but they were supposedly few and far between And beneath their hus and claws like any other
"Slayer?" His voice was close, so close that his breath stirred her hair How had he s had been happening to her latelyloss of strength, hearing, sometimes, even, her sense of taste
Worse, her libido see up in his close proximity She stepped away, but his hand came down on her shoulder and spun her around
"What is your deal?" she snapped
"Why are you stalling?" Suspicious dark eyes drilled into her "My brother said your being here could be a trap Was he right?"
"You’re paranoid"
He pushed her against the wall, held her there with the weight of his body so she could barely wiggle
"I’m cautious, and not all that patient, so answer the question"
"I’lared up at hiet off on handling theet off, do you?"
"Shut up"
"Do you have a problem with rinned, the devastating one that made her shiver in pure, feminine appreciation despite what he was "You’ve been omen?"