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There was one cot, which Trent was stretched out on with his hands behind his head, staring at the ceiling One gray blanket and a thin, sad excuse for a pilloas all they had given us I didn’t inning to have issues with us being down here at all, even if it was nicer than that da of the dee Trent had kept reen eyes fixed on nothing as he took slow, careful breaths He was irritatingly relaxed, with his shoes neatly arranged under the cot and his sli for er up the arch of his foot to hed i It was soundproof, but I tapped it anyway I still hadn’t seen Jenks Ivy was down here so to hear an answering knock

"What are you doing?"

I couldn’t tell if the irritation in his voice was real or"If we’re in a cell block, then maybe Ivy’s next door"

"Well, could you do it a little quieter?"

Not believing what had just coht where I’d left hiht "You want le eye "We’re locked in a box and you want me to be quiet?"

Trent’s eyes opened all the way, and he looked at his watch "Not bad Most people would be at my throat in forty lad you’re i his feet to the floor and stretch "Landon not only gets control of the dewar but he also gets Lucy Because of ! Forgivea little upset"

He eyed me as he finished his stretch, elbows on his knees "Why do you think everything is your fault?"

"Because it usually is" Ticked, I gestured wildly "If not for irls, the deould listen to you, and you wouldn’t be broke And Tulpa" My face scrunched up in sudden worry and er fell flat "Trent, what if they kill him?"

"Tulpa will be fine" He shook his wrist to spin the zip strip to a more comfortable spot "I’ve had rival stables try to break into the grounds, and you were the only ones to make it"

"Still, with one Uzi and a parachute--" I started, and he held up a hand

"Second, I’ one on, then the other "Third, Landon doesn’t understand whatStealing her does Landon didn’t steal Lucy, he used the law, and it won’t bring hiing a foot up to retie a shoe "And last, if it wasn’t for you and Jenks, I never would’ve had Lucy in the first place"

"Even so" So they had a chair in here "They’d listen to you if it wasn’t for me Because of who I am and who I protect" Glu, he put a hand onseem so easy?

"Demons?" Trent patted my knee "It’s admirable The vampires are simply afraid"

My breath cay that had spooled from ht froht to be afraid," I whispered, uneasy "I don’t knohy the de the people in front of therocery store inside out Where do you think they are?"

Head cocked, Trent gazed about our s sand crabs That’s where I’d be if I’d just escaped froain His dress shirt had co ti do you think they’re going to h the er-combed some continuity into his hair "Oh, sunrise toht suncides" He arched his eyebrows at whoever was behind the glass before he turned tothe undead souls back?"

"Fear will push the his shirt in It looked like he was getting ready for so now," he added as he looked at his watch "I’d probably feel the charot up "I flinched I was so worried about you being hurt that I wasn’t paying attention And then, when I get Cormel where I want him, I chicken out"

Eyes serious, Trent held bothood"

I pulled away and flopped down on the bed "Great, that’s great," I said sourly

Trent hesitated for a moment, and then, with an odd, determined pace, he went to the sink "Why don’t you take a nap Just lie there and be quiet for a minute"

My head turned and I stared at him "Quiet?" I almost snarled "You want me to take a nap? Ivy is soers across the tiny lip over the mirror "And you want ?"

Trent’s shoulders stiffened As I watched, he turned the water on full force, and stea theup Why don’t you just shut up? Your bitching isn’t helping anything"

I’? "Excuse me?" I exclaimed as I sat up "I seem to remember you in Cormel’s office, too This was one of the du toHe was looking for bugs, the mirror eclipsed by steam "One of the dumbest ideas I’ve ever let you talk me into!"

He smiled as he shook the water froo to sleep?"

I hesitated, and he"Go to hell, Trent," I said, then kind of pushed on the bed to ave e of the bed, not , he reached under the open sink, wedging out a tiny buttonlike object Saying nothing, he carefully set it on the sink, next to the running water There was no stopper, and the water continued to flow, filling it halfway up

Iers on his lips as he went right to the back-left corner of the bed and found another stuck to the frame This one went next to the sink as well, his eyes full of satisfaction "That’s the last of them," he said, his voice hushed

"How did you knohere they were?"