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"I’ open a drawer and pawing through theShe blinked at the two-pack of condos Then she found the drugs, taking a moment to study what they were, first relieved, then concerned when they weren’t recreational but medicinal, heavy hitters to put a person down fast
No usable blade She tried the kitchen next, pulling drawers out to expose the cavern behind them as she searched She found the weapons cache behind theJack closer as she used a dishtowel to reach in and pull out the largest
"That’s a seun envy showing
"How do you know?" Peri said as she set it back in its cubby "I don’t know that"
"Your unconscious does," he said "Youwhen I ht as she struggled to put the an searching in earnest, her anger fueling her as she found weapon after weapon tucked away behind drawers and false-backed cupboards Tensubtle apart froation of the flue She’d found a passable eical kit in the laundry closet, but that was the least of her new treasures
They never should have left ht, as she took the kit and a roll of paper towels and returned to the bathroom Her heart thudded as she slipped out of Allen’s robe and carefully laid out what she needed
Again Jack hovered in the doorway, brow pinched in concern "Best to do it fast," he offered "Pretend it’s a dart You’ve been hit with those before"
"I’ll take your word for it" Peri aardly shifted her bare ass up onto the counter, twisting her torso to try to see "Ahed, feeling thethe scalpel aardly between a finger and thu up, but she held her breath and made a cut Blood flowed, and she exhaled as she set the scalpel on a paper towel and grabbed an antiseptic wipe She hissed as it , and she quickly pulled several more paper towels free and applied pressure
"Ah, babe …"
"Shut up," sheill as she dabbed the blood until it slowed Fingers squeezed her skin, her sto slid out
Lip curled in distaste, she set the tiny chunk of electronics aside as she ular Band-Aid wouldn’t be enough Only after she had Allen’s robe around her again and checked to see that her blood was on nothing but the scalpel and the paper towels did she look to see what she’d pulled out
"They gave er before she cut another piece of surgical tape and stuck the bug to it
"You did good, Peri I’m proud of you"
Pissed, she looked up at Jack He was sunburned now, his blond hair streaked as if from the desert and dirt on his nose Resolute, Peri padded into the bedroo to the underside of the bed Carnac was under there, his eyes big and scared fro apart, probably Her butt hurt as she got up off the floor, but she waselse
Peri quickly returned to the bathrooery and take it to the fireplace It started with a whoosh, and she sat beside her box of treasures that were not hers Carnac leapt up onto her lap, and she absently petted him With the tracker out, she could move freely, but she’d have to remember to take it whenever she left so as toto fix this, Carnac?" Peri said, brow furrowed "Who na all the way to the base of his tail
And then her head snapped up Jack had named hi him, and he appeared in the kitchen with a bottle of wine in his hand "You na She knew it She didn’t kno, but she knew it No one had claimed him He had walked into her life as if he knew her because he did He was her cat, and he was real Those weren’t hourglasses on his collar, they were dagazes
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"Check his collar," Jack said, but she was already fingering the clasp The little bell tinged to make Carnac jump ahen the collar slipped free "Opti couldn’t find it because it was on the cat It’s the only thing that still exists fro up fast and slohen her butt throbbed There was a lass in the bathrooled it on the collar, looking for anything out of the ordinary
Nothing A feeling of desperation crept into her Maybe it was hidden behind the embroidery, but she doubted it even as she felt for any telltale buested, and she twisted it under the light Her breath fogged the glass Impatient, she wiped it clear with the cuff of Allen’s robe
"So is stuck on the inside," she whispered A chip? she thought, eyes widening as she saw that was exactly what it was